SB-2 Base, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Madison County, AR

Need gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Madison County, AR? Arkansas Rock Supply sells bulk material online and delivers it to your job.

Start with SB-2 base, the dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in. It is the Arkansas base material for drives, pads and pipe bedding.

Madison County sits in the Ozark Mountains, and the ground here is stony. Thin upland soil sits over sandstone, shale, limestone and chert, with rock close to the surface on side slopes.

Ground Conditions Across Madison County

Madison County spans two ground regions. Around Huntsville, Wesley, Kingston and St.

Paul, acid silt loam and clay sit over flat-lying sandstone and shale. Rock benches, ledges and loose colluvium show on the steep slopes.

Around Hindsville, the ground is cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone. Chert gravel runs right through the profile.

This is karst country, with sinkholes, springs and losing streams under the plateau tops.

Both regions punish an under-built base. Shale beds perch water above the rock, so slopes stay wet and slick.

Sandstone above sheds rain straight down the hollow, and a steep gravel drive takes water arriving from uphill.

On the plateau side, water leaves through the rock rather than across it. Sinkholes and fractured limestone take runoff underground fast, while clay filling the joints holds water at the surface after a long rain.

Erosion follows the slope. Runoff on steep hollow drives cuts ruts and carries surfacing downhill, and saturated shale slopes slump after long rain.

Heavy spring rain scours drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks.

Timing matters. Winter ice and mud on steep drives set the limits, and grading and compaction go best from late spring through fall.

On the plateau side, base and drive work runs almost all year.

Frost is a footing question, not a base question. No statewide frost figure is published.

The Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground, so confirm the local number with the building official.

Materials Delivered in Madison County

Order by the job you are building. A driveway, a patio and a French drain each want a different stone, and the local name tells you which one you are getting.

SB-2 base carries the most weight on a Madison County job, and it is the same material engineers and cities write into street, sidewalk and parking standards as Class 7 base.

Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading, and Class 8 is the 1 inch version for the same uses in a tighter size.

When you are working to a written standard, ask for Class 7 base. When you are building a drive or a pad, ask for SB-2.

It is the same stone.

For drainage, Drain Rock and RipRap cover two different jobs. Drain rock handles French drains, dry wells and downspout runs.

Riprap armors banks, slopes, culvert outlets and ditch checks with broken sandstone or limestone.

Choosing the Right Material

Benton County sits in the same Ozark Plateaus ground region as the Hindsville side of Madison County. The ground is the same: cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone, with karst features under the plateau tops.

The base and drainage choice does not change.

Johnson and Franklin counties sit in the Arkansas River Valley, and their ground is different. Franklin County is deep silt loam and clay on the Arkansas River bottoms and terraces, with shale and sandstone uplands between them.

That clay holds water instead of passing it, so a base there needs to shed water rather than sit in it.

Madison County ground is thinner and rockier. On the Boston Mountains side, rock benches and ledges sit close to the surface, and a drive built over them needs a base course that binds and compacts.

On the plateau side, water leaves through the rock, so drainage stone matters less than a base that will not pump.

Delivery Across Madison County

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Choose your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers across Madison County, including Huntsville, Wesley, Kingston, St. Paul, Hindsville, Combs, Pettigrew and Witter.

Rural and county-road properties are part of the coverage.

The truck tips the material in one pile. Have the delivery spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and make sure the ground there will hold a loaded truck.

Order SB-2 Base and Aggregate for Your Madison County Job

SB-2 base is the Arkansas base material for drives, pads and patios, and it is the right place to start on Madison County ground. Add washed stone, sand, topsoil or riprap to the same order.

Order online, size the load by the ton or the yard, and Arkansas Rock Supply will deliver it to your job site.