Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Centralia, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Centralia, IL, and CA-6 is the base material most of that work starts from. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it goes under driveways, parking pads and shed bases.

Centralia sits in Marion County, on the Southern till plain and claypan country that covers this part of the state. That ground shapes what you order and how you place it.

Delivery to Centralia and the Surrounding Area

Ordering happens online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. That is the whole of it: no counter to visit and no pickup.

We deliver across Centralia and the rest of Marion County, including Salem, Sandoval, Odin, Kinmundy and Patoka. Bulk loads go to driveways, job sites and lots inside the city and out in the county.

Materials for Centralia Projects

Decorative rock carries a lot of the landscaping work here, and it is a good place to start if you are dressing beds or building a dry creek bed.

River Gravel is rounded stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds. Large River Rock is the bigger rounded stone for dry creek beds, downspout splash areas and heavier decorative work.

For ground cover that is easier underfoot, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel for walkways, play areas and drainage. Walkway Gravel gives paths and garden walks a finer, walkable surface.

Under the decorative layer, the structural materials do the work. CA-6 is the compacted base for a driveway, a parking pad or a shed floor.

Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

Drainage and bedding call for clean washed stone with no fines. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone for the same work.

Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines used to bed pavers and flagstone and to backfill around pipe. For soil, Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and Garden Soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots.

Ground and Conditions in Centralia

The ground here is loess over old, weathered Illinoian drift, and the tight claypan subsoil sits close to the surface. That claypan stops water moving down, so winter and spring rain perches on top of it and ground stays saturated for weeks.

An under-built base pumps under traffic when that happens. CA-6 with its fines left in binds and compacts into a stable layer, which is why it is the base material for drives and pads here rather than a clean stone.

Where water has to move, clean washed stone is the answer. CA-7 and CA-11 have no fines, so water passes through instead of sitting in the stone.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Thin loess bares easily and sheet and gully erosion shows up on bare ground, so cover and grading matter on any site left open.

The working season runs longer than upstate at both ends, but a wet winter and spring keep sites soft well into April. Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for moving and placing material.

Winters are cold but shorter than the north, with frequent freeze and thaw swings that work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth in this part of Illinois runs about 30 to 36 inches, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.

Order CA-6 and Decorative Rock in Centralia

CA-6 is the base material for driveways, pads and shed floors in Centralia, and river gravel, large river rock and Natural Pea Gravel cover the beds and dry creek beds above it. Order online by the ton or yard, pick your date, and we deliver across Marion County.