Sevier County, AR Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery
Arkansas Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Sevier County, AR to contractors and homeowners alike. For building a new drive or patching an old one, the order usually starts with SB-2 base.
You can order online by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips the load at your address in De Queen, Horatio, Lockesburg or Gillham.
Ground Conditions Across Sevier County
Sevier County spans two ground regions, and each one asks something different of a base. In the West Gulf Coastal Plain around De Queen, Horatio and Lockesburg, deep acid sandy loam and sandy clay sit over unconsolidated sand, gravel, clay and chalk.
In the Ouachita Mountains around Gillham, stony gravelly loam sits over folded sandstone, shale, chert and novaculite, with rock fragments running through the profile.
On the coastal plain side, sandy topsoil sits on a dense clay subsoil. Water soaks in, perches, then runs sideways, and flat ground keeps the water table high for days after heavy rain.
A thin base course there shows the failure first: the clay holds water, the stone punches down, and the surface ruts and pumps.
In the Ouachita Mountains, tilted shale and chert beds shed water off the ridges and funnel it into narrow valleys. Drives and pads take concentrated flow arriving from above rather than the rain that lands on them.
Ridge runoff and steep drive cuts strip surfacing after every big storm, so slope protection and a drainage layer matter as much as the base itself.
Bare sand cuts and gullies move quickly under intense Gulf rainfall, and thunderstorm runoff scours drive shoulders and pipe outlets. Screened topsoil and a stable base help hold those edges.
Work runs all year in both zones. On the coastal plain, winter and spring rain on sandy clay is the limit, and a long wet spell keeps hauling ground soft.
No statewide frost figure is published for Arkansas. The residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground.
Materials Delivered in Sevier County
SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base material, and it is where most base projects here begin. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller.
Table 303-1 sets the aggregate base course gradings as Class 1 through Class 8, and Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading that yards sell as SB-2.
Cities and counties write Class 7 into their own street, sidewalk and parking standards, so use that name when you are working to a written spec.
Order SB-2 Base for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and pipe bedding.
Around those, you can order Driveway Gravel for surfacing a drive or topping a compacted base, and Crusher Run where a finer dense-graded material is wanted. Screenings bed pavers and surface paths, while 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.
Delivery Across Sevier County
Ordering is online. Choose the material, then choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
A dump truck brings the material to your address and tips it in one pile on site. The driver does not spread or place the load, so give some thought to where that pile should land before the truck arrives.
Coverage runs across the county, including De Queen, Horatio, Lockesburg and Gillham. Rural and county-road properties take the same online order as an in-town address.
Choosing the Right Material
Sevier County spans the West Gulf Coastal Plain and the Ouachita Mountains, and Polk County sits entirely in the Ouachita Mountains. Its ground is stony gravelly loam over folded sandstone, shale, chert and novaculite, matching the mountain side of Sevier County.
Where the ground is the same, the base and drainage choices are the same, so the material that works in Gillham works on the same ground there.
Little River County lies in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, the same deep acid sandy loam and sandy clay over unconsolidated sand, gravel, clay and chalk that covers De Queen, Horatio and Lockesburg. The ground is the same, and so is the approach.
Howard County is the useful comparison. It spans both regions, coastal plain and mountains, so a buyer there faces the same split Sevier County does.
On sandy clay, water perches over the dense subsoil, and a washed stone like #57 limestone or 3/4 inch clean gives drainage that a fines-bearing base cannot. On the mountain side, concentrated runoff off the ridges calls for rip rap on cuts and outlets before surface stone.
Work from the ground up. Match the base to the subsoil, then add drainage where water arrives from above.
Order Gravel and Rock for Your Sevier County Project
Start with the quantity. Each product page has a calculator, and every order is placed by the ton or by the yard, so you know what is arriving before the truck leaves.