What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone is angular, broken rock, and it comes in numbered washed sizes such as #57 limestone and 3/4 inch crushed stone. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and washed out of river gravel deposits, usually in brown or beige. Angular stone locks up and drains; rounded Natural Pea Gravel stays loose, which suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Either works. Arkansas Rock Supply lets you choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard when you order online. If you are unsure how much you need, each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you pick a delivery date at checkout.

Which stone is best for drainage in Pike County?

Washed stone with no fines is the right choice, because fines hold water and slow it down. #57 limestone and 3/4 inch clean limestone both work for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage. Drain rock, #67 stone and #4 crushed stone cover dry wells, downspout runs and heavier trench bottoms.

Pike County SB-2 Base and Gravel Delivery, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Pike County, AR. If you are building a drive, a pad or a drainage run, start with the calculator on the product page and size the load before you order.

SB-2 base is the material most Arkansas ground is built on.

Pike County spans two very different ground regions. The Ouachita Mountains side runs to stony, gravelly loam over sandstone, shale and chert.

The West Gulf Coastal Plain side is deep sandy loam and sandy clay over unconsolidated sand, gravel and clay.

Materials Delivered in Pike County

SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base 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.

Use it for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

Arkansas cities and engineers write the same material into their 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.

Washed sand beds and levels under slabs and pools. Mason sand is for brick, block and stone work and for paver joints.

River gravel and large river rock go into decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Ground Conditions Across Pike County

In the Ouachita Mountains part of the county, tilted shale and chert beds shed water off the ridges fast and funnel it into narrow valleys. Drives and pads there take concentrated flow arriving from above rather than the rain that lands on them.

In the West Gulf Coastal Plain part, sandy topsoil sits on a dense clay subsoil. Water soaks in, perches and then runs sideways, and flat ground keeps the water table high for days after heavy rain.

Erosion follows the same split. On the mountain side, fast ridge runoff and steep drive cuts lose surfacing after every big storm.

On the coastal plain side, bare sand cuts and gullies quickly under intense rainfall, and storm runoff scours drive shoulders and pipe outlets.

Work runs all year in both zones. Winter ice and a wet spring are the limits on the mountain side, and a long wet spell keeps hauling ground soft on the sandy clay.

Wet ground, not frost, is the reason a proper base depth matters here.

No statewide frost depth 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.

Delivery Across Pike County

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers across Pike County, including Glenwood, Murfreesboro, Kirby, Newhope, Delight and Langley. You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you commit. A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile.

Plan the delivery around the ground. On the coastal plain side, sandy clay stays soft after a long wet spell, so a drier stretch makes for easier hauling.

On the mountain side, the rocky ground drains and compacts well once it dries out.

Choosing the Right Material

Clark County and Howard County both span the West Gulf Coastal Plain and the Ouachita Mountains, the same two ground regions Pike County covers. The ground is the same, so the same base and drainage choices hold.

Hempstead County sits entirely in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, with deep, acid sandy loam and sandy clay over unconsolidated sand, gravel, clay, chalk and marl. Sandy pine uplands cover most of it, with heavy dark prairie clay on the chalk and marl belt.

That difference matters for drainage. Where Pike County's mountain side sheds water off steep chert and shale, Hempstead County's sandy uplands soak it in and perch it on clay.

A drainage layer does more work there than it does on a rocky ridge.

For a compacted base, SB-2 base is the Arkansas answer, and Class 7 base is the same material under the name written into local standards. Screenings bed pavers and surface paths.

#57 limestone and 3/4 inch clean limestone drain. Natural Pea Gravel and river gravel finish walkways and beds.

Order SB-2 Base and Bulk Stone for Pike County

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch across Pike County, from Glenwood and Murfreesboro to Kirby, Newhope, Delight and Langley. Order online by the ton or by the yard, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck will tip the material on site.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Pike County, AR