Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Forrest City, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Forrest City, AR for two kinds of buyers: contractors building pads and drives, and homeowners fixing up a yard. Both usually start with SB-2 base or a load of soil.

This is Crowley's Ridge country, where deep wind-blown loess covers the ground and cuts clean until it is left bare.

Materials for Forrest City Projects

Grading and bed prep come first on most properties here, and that work runs on soil and fill. Screened Top Soil goes down for lawns, regrading and bed prep over the heavy clay and chert this ridge is known for.

Buyers around here ask for it screened so it spreads and takes seed evenly.

Where you are planting rather than seeding, Garden Soil gives raised beds and vegetable plots a looser mix to root into. Fill Dirt does the heavier job: raising low ground and building a pad up before any base course goes on top.

Once the grade is set, the base family takes over. SB-2 base is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Engineers and city standards write the same material as Class 7 base, and it is what to order when you are building to a written spec. Crusher Run is the finer dense-graded option for drives and pads.

Washed stone handles everything that has to move water. #57 Limestone is the workhorse size for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and concrete aggregate.

3/4" Crushed Stone is the same clean, no-fines stone for drainage beds and construction entrances. Screenings, the local name for crusher fines, bed pavers, flagstone and brick and fill the joints between them.

Sand comes washed or mason grade. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pools, while Mason Sand is for brick, block and stone work and for play areas.

For decorative work, Arkansas River Rock covers beds and dry creek beds, with Large River Rock for heavier pieces, and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel for walkways and dog runs.

On slopes and outlets, RipRap armors banks and ditch checks. Shredded Mulch finishes the beds and holds moisture through the summer.

Ground and Conditions in Forrest City

Start with where the water goes, because on this ridge it does not sit. Loess takes rain readily until it saturates, then sheds the rest down steep cuts and hollows onto the flat ground below.

Unlike the Delta floor either side of the ridge, nothing here ponds for long.

That runoff is also why the ridge erodes the way it does. Loess gullies and slides on steep cuts, drive banks and hollows, so ridge towns armor cuts, ditches and outlets rather than wait.

The practical consequence is a base course that has to shed water rather than hold it. A fines-bearing material like SB-2 base compacts into a pad that stands up on a graded site.

Below it, pipe bedding and drain runs want clean washed stone that lets water pass instead of trapping it.

Timing matters more than temperature. Work runs all year here, with winter and spring rain the real limit, and a freshly cut loess slope wants armoring or planting before the next heavy rain rather than after it.

Frost is shallow, and no statewide depth is published. Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground.

On the ridge the deciding factor is usually the stability of the loess cut, not the cold.

Delivery to Forrest City and the Surrounding Area

Ordering is online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile.

Bulk delivery to a site in Forrest City means having the drop area clear and reachable when the truck arrives. A truck needs room to back in and tip, so keep the spot free of parked vehicles, low branches and soft ground that will not carry weight.

We deliver across St. Francis County, including Hughes, Palestine, Wheatley, Colt and Widener.

Questions About Ordering in Forrest City

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Forrest City?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page carries a calculator you can use before you check out.

Choose your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site. Have your drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room to back in and tip the pile.

What stone should I use for drainage in Forrest City?

Use clean washed stone with no fines, because fines trap water instead of passing it. #57 Limestone is the standard choice for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and 3/4 inch clean works the same way in drainage beds.

For tight joints and close bedding, #8 crushed stone and 3/8 inch stone fit smaller spaces. Bedding under slabs and pools takes washed sand instead.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone for Your Forrest City Project

For grading a yard, building a pad, setting a driveway or armoring a ditch on the ridge, the material you need is here. Choose your quantity, pick a delivery date, and Arkansas Rock Supply will bring the load to your site in Forrest City.