Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Manila, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Manila, AR to your driveway, garden or job site. SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base material here.

It is a dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller for drives, parking pads and building pads.

Manila sits in Mississippi County on the Delta side of the state, where the ground is heavy clay and silt loam. That ground decides what you should order before anything else does.

Delivery to Manila and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator that helps you size the load, then you choose a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips your material in one pile on site.

Delivery covers Manila and the rest of Mississippi County, including Blytheville, Osceola, Leachville, Wilson and Luxora. Rural and county road properties are fine as long as a truck can reach the spot.

Materials for Manila Projects

Decorative rock, beds, dry creek beds and ground cover are where most landscaping work around here starts. Rounded river gravel, Natural Pea Gravel and larger stone give you a surface that holds up to Delta rain and stays put through the summer.

For beds and borders, Arkansas River Rock lays down as a clean ground cover that sheds water instead of holding it. Large River Rock handles dry creek beds, heavier decorative work and light bank protection where a rounded stone fits the look.

For walkways, play areas and dog runs, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel gives you a smooth, walkable surface. Walkway Gravel covers garden paths and side yards that need a finer finish than a drive.

When a project needs a base underneath, SB-2 Base is the material to name. Engineers and cities write it into street, sidewalk and parking standards as Class 7 base, so use that spec name when you are working to a written plan.

Drainage work calls for washed stone with no fines, like #57 Limestone or 3/4" Crushed Stone. Both stay open so water moves instead of pooling.

Ground and Conditions in Manila

The Delta ground here is deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, the buckshot and gumbo the region is known for. Flat ground, a high water table and clay that barely takes water mean rain stands where it falls and field ditches drain slowly.

That is why an under-built base fails fast. A drive or pad needs a proper base course before any surface stone goes down, or the clay underneath works its way up and the surface ruts.

Work runs all year, but wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint. A loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.

Midsummer, when the clay shrinks and cracks, is the best window for base work.

Order SB-2 Base and Landscape Stone in Manila

SB-2 base is the Arkansas base material to name for drives, pads and bedding, and river gravel handles the decorative beds and dry creek beds. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers both to Manila and across Mississippi County.

Size your load on the product page and place the order online.