Phillips County, AR Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery
Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Phillips County, AR. Start with the calculator on each product page to size your load, then pick your material.
SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base for drives, pads and pipe bedding. The ground here splits two ways: Delta clay and silt in Marvell, Elaine, Lexa and Poplar Grove, and deep loess on the ridge at Helena and West Helena.
Ground Conditions Across Phillips County
Phillips County spans two ground regions, and the working season differs between them. In the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, work runs all year, but wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint.
The midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the best window for base work.
On Crowley's Ridge, work also runs all year, with winter and spring rain the limit. A freshly cut loess slope wants armoring or planting before the next heavy rain rather than after it.
In the Delta, the ground is deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, the buckshot and gumbo the region is known for. That clay barely takes water, so rain stands where it falls and field ditches and bayous drain slowly.
Erosion follows the same split. In the Delta you get sheet erosion off bare cropland silt, ditch and bayou bank sloughing, and river bank caving.
On the ridge, loess gullies and slides, which is why ridge towns armor cuts, ditches and outlets.
Winters are short and mild, and frost is shallow, so cold is rarely the deciding factor. Wet clay under a loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.
On the ridge, the stability of a loess cut usually matters more than cold.
Materials Delivered in Phillips County
Table 303-1 sets the base course gradings as Class 1 through Class 8, and Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading.
That is the material yards across the state sell as SB-2, and Class 8 is the 1 inch version.
SB-2 base is the one to know for any job under a slab, a drive or a pad. Cities and counties write Class 7 into their own street, sidewalk and parking standards, so ask for it by that name when you are working to a written spec.
Crusher run is the finer dense-graded option, and fill dirt builds a low pad up before any base goes down.
For drainage, drain rock and #67 stone sit one size down from #57. #4 crushed stone handles heavy drainage and trench bottoms, and railroad ballast covers track beds and severe drainage.
Finishing materials round out an order. Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and dog runs, usually in brown or beige.
Mason sand goes into brick, block and stone work, and garden soil fills raised beds. Shredded mulch holds moisture through an Arkansas summer.
Choosing the Right Material
Arkansas County and Desha County sit in the same Delta ground as the eastern part of Phillips County. Deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, with sandier natural levee ridges.
The ground is the same, so the base and drainage choices are the same.
Lee County spans both the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and Crowley's Ridge, the same two zones Phillips County covers. Where the ground matches, the material choice matches.
What changes the choice is the ground under the job, not the county line. Heavy Delta clay barely takes water, so a drive there needs a drainage layer and a compacted base above the wet.
Loess on the ridge takes rain readily until it saturates, then sheds it down steep cuts and hollows.
On the ridge, plan for slope protection as part of the job. Rip rap and clean stone armor cuts, ditches and outlets where loess gullies.
On the flat ground, drainage stone and clean washed sizes keep water moving instead of standing.
Delivery Across Phillips County
Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Phillips County, including Marvell, Elaine, Lexa, Poplar Grove, Helena and West Helena. You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.
Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out.
Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck arrives with your material.
Fill dirt, SB-2 base, washed stone, sand and topsoil all move the same way: ordered online, delivered in bulk, tipped in one pile where the truck can reach. There is no pickup and no yard to visit.
Order Gravel and Stone in Phillips County
Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch across Phillips County, from Marvell, Elaine, Lexa and Poplar Grove to Helena and West Helena. Choose your material, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Your order arrives on site and the truck tips it in one pile. Place your order online today.