Walkway Gravel for Pathways in Brockwell, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Brockwell, AR, and the working season here shapes when you want it. Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year on the Ozark Plateaus.

Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions, and the late-summer dry spell is the easiest stretch to get real compaction.

Start with SB-2 base for anything that carries weight. It is the dense-graded crushed stone this market builds on.

Ground and Conditions in Brockwell

The ground across the Ozark Plateaus is cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone. Chert gravel runs right through the profile, and rock or rubble sits close to the surface on side slopes.

That matters most under a thin base. A shallow layer of stone over this ground shifts and pumps instead of locking up, and a path or pad built on it starts to rut at the edges.

Water is the other half of it. On the plateau, runoff leaves through the rock rather than across it.

Sinkholes, fractured limestone and losing streams take water underground fast.

The residual clay that fills the joints does the opposite. After a long rain it holds water at the surface, and a base sitting in that water loses its compaction.

Erosion is quick on steep hollow slopes and in the flashy streams. Heavy spring rain scours drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks.

Plan the base and the drainage together before the first load lands. That is the reasoning that keeps a path flat through a wet spring.

Materials for Brockwell Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways here. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and leave a tight walking surface that stays put underfoot.

For a path that needs a compacted base under the fines, SB-2 base is the material. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Class 7 base is the same material under the name cities and engineers write into their street, sidewalk and parking standards, which is the term to use when you are working to a written spec.

Above the base, Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable surface than a drive takes. Screenings and 3/8" Crushed Stone both work as top dressings and in tight joints.

Where a path crosses wet ground, #57 Limestone handles French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and a clean top over a compacted base. It is a washed size with no fines, so water moves through it.

For decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds, Arkansas River Rock and Large River Rock give a rounded stone. Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.

Delivery to Brockwell and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered online by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load against your own project before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Brockwell sits in Izard County, and delivery reaches Melbourne, Horseshoe Bend, Calico Rock, Oxford and Mount Pleasant as well.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and keep the pile where you want to work from it.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Brockwell

Size your load on the calculator attached to each product page, then order by the ton or the yard and pick a delivery date at checkout. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, screenings and washed stone across Brockwell and Izard County.

Place your order online when your quantities are set.