Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Charleston, IL

Illinois Rock Supply provides gravel and aggregate delivery in Charleston, IL. CA-6 is the base material here: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and trench backfill. Charleston sits on the Grand Prairie till plain, where flat ground and heavy clay hold water after a hard rain.

Delivery to Charleston and the Surrounding Area

You order online and set the quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site.

Charleston sits in Coles County, and delivery reaches the rest of the county too, including Mattoon, Oakland, Ashmore, Humboldt and Lerna.

Materials for Charleston Projects

Decorative rock does a lot of the work in Charleston yards, from bed cover and borders to dry creek beds that carry roof and yard runoff away from the house.

For beds and tree rings, River Gravel lays down as rounded stone in browns and greys. Large River Rock suits dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Shredded Mulch holds moisture through an Illinois summer.

Under the decorative layer, the structure still matters. CA-6 is the compacted base for drives and pads, and it also fills shed and garage bases.

For drainage and bedding, clean washed stone is the right pick. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone with no fines, used under pipe, in French drains and under concrete flatwork.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean stone that pairs with it.

For paths and garden walks, Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable surface. Around tanks or under permeable pavers, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch chips that fit tight spaces.

Where runoff concentrates, RipRap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges. For lawns and bed prep, Top Soil is screened and ready to spread.

Ground and Conditions in Charleston

The Grand Prairie till plain under Charleston is flat to gently rolling, with deep dark prairie silt loams over dense clay subsoil. Across this part of Illinois, the ground has almost no natural fall, so water stands rather than runs after heavy rain.

That clay is why an under-built base shows itself fast. A drive or pad that goes down thin over silt loam will rut and pump when the subsoil stays wet.

CA-6 works here because the fines let it knit together into a firm, compacted layer that carries traffic.

Bare silt loam also erodes in sheets, and runoff cuts gullies where it concentrates. Clean stone and rip rap handle concentrated flow better than fines-bearing material, which is why drainage work calls for CA-7 or CA-11.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter, and freeze and thaw each spring shows up as heave in gravel drives and shallow slabs.

Order CA-6 and Decorative Stone in Charleston

CA-6 is the base material for drives, pads and backfill across Charleston. Decorative rock, lime screenings and clean washed stone cover the rest of the work.

Order online, set your quantity by the ton or yard, and a truck brings it to your site.