DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS LLC

DBA: DENALI

DOT# 876076 MC# 1040556 DUNS# 143675218 Russellville, AR Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(479) 498-0500 nick.thompson@denaliwater.com 220 South Commerce, Russellville AR 72801
388 power units 150 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 67.7 / 100
Moderate confidence
26 yrs history · 210 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
388
Drivers · CDL
150 · 137
Annual miles
7.2M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 77 11 0 88
Tractors 229 71 0 300
Trailers 647 153 0 800

Registration

Registered
04-27-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-07-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ANDY MCNEILL
Officer
JASON RAMSEY

Cargo

59.8
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Dry Bulk Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 200–499 trucks.

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Expected crashes, next 12 months
5.6 vs 6.6 for similar fleets
Likely 2–10 crashes
This motor carrier
5.6
Similar fleets
6.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~15%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 10 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 5 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 6.6 a year. The grade counts 18 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Oct 3, 2025).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    3 crashes with 4 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    9 out-of-service violations against drivers: 5 no valid CDL, 3 hours of service, 1 medical certificate (Nov 2024 – Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 49 of 218 violations (22%). Light or brake defects led to 14 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 5 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    27.2% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (37 of 136), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.06× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.5% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 4
  • Excessive speeding: 10
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
10
1 fatality · 5 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
210
53% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
27.2%
37 of 136
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.5%
9 of 201
National avg 6.7%
Violations
218
49 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks in Arkansas (about 405 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 30 inspections, 9 out of service 30 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 35 inspections, 5 out of service 35 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 31 inspections, 7 out of service 31 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 25 inspections, 7 out of service 25 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 23 inspections, 7 out of service 23 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 16 inspections, 0 out of service 16 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 24 inspections, 5 out of service 24 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 24 inspections, 3 out of service 24 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 948 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.010 0.023
Inspections 0.43 0.77
Violations 0.28 0.33
Critical violations 0.05 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

218 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    176 · 40 OOS
    Lights 49 · Brakes 39 · Cargo securement 24 · Tires 18 · Wheels & hubs 6 · 40 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    21 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 10 · Reckless / lane 6 · Seat belt 2 · Other 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    13 · 3 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 5 · No log 5 · Over hours limit 2 · False log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    8 · 6 OOS
    No valid CDL 5 · Medical certificate 3
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Aug
    27
    2026
    Arkansas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    14
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted.
  • Feb
    25
    2026
    Alabama
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Oct
    11
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, dark - lighted, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Oct
    3
    2025
    Alabama
    Fatal · 1 death
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    11
    2025
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    3
    2025
    Delaware
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Nov
    21
    2024
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

2 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Jun 30, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2019
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 6, 2019)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Texas 43
  • Arkansas (HQ) 20
  • Pennsylvania 19
  • Maryland 16
  • Delaware 14
  • Connecticut 12
  • Alabama 11
  • California 11

Runs well beyond its home state: 20 of 210 inspections were in Arkansas.