Do you deliver to Clay County?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and aggregates across Clay County, including Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Xenia and Ingraham. You order online by the ton or by the yard, choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site. Each product page has a calculator if you want help sizing the quantity.

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

Crushed stone has angular, broken faces, so it interlocks and compacts. CA-6 is crushed limestone with the fines left in, which makes it a base for drives and pads. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel that stays loose, so it suits walkways, play areas and drainage rather than a load-bearing base.

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

Both work. Aggregate is commonly sold by the ton, while soil, fill and mulch are often ordered by the cubic yard. Pick whichever unit the product page lists, and use the calculator there to size the load from your project. The quantity you order is the quantity that arrives.

Clay County, IL Aggregate and Rock Delivery

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Clay County, IL, from CA-6 road base to washed sand and screened topsoil. The ground here is Southern till plain and claypan country, where a tight subsoil holds water and a fines-bearing base has to carry the load.

You order online by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips the material on site.

Materials Delivered in Clay County

CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill. Order it at CA-6.

Clean washed stone carries no fines, so water moves through it instead of sitting. CA-7 and CA-11 are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch sizes, and CA-16 is the 3/8 inch chip.

Choosing the Right Material

Start with what the surface has to do. A drive or pad needs a base that compacts, and CA-6 is that base.

A drainage run needs stone that stays open, and CA-7 or CA-11 is that stone.

The two are not interchangeable. CA-6 carries fines and locks up under a load; clean washed stone lets water through.

Putting a fines-bearing material in a drain defeats the drain.

Effingham County, Fayette County and Jasper County all sit on the same Southern till plain and claypan country ground as Clay County. The soil, the tight subsoil and the way water behaves on it are the same, so the base and drainage choices carry across unchanged.

Ground Conditions Across Clay County

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down. Winter and spring rain perches on top of it, so ground stays saturated for weeks.

That is the practical problem for any unbound base. Saturated ground pumps under traffic, and a base that pumps loses its shape.

A base course over this ground has to shed water rather than trap it.

Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion follows. The same ground condition that holds water up top also lets it run off fast once the cover is gone.

Timing matters here too. The 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 placing and compacting material.

Winters are cold but shorter than in the north, with frequent freeze and thaw swings that work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth in Clay County runs about 30 to 36 inches, and the local building department sets it.

Delivery Across Clay County

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped on site in one pile. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and know where you want the pile to land.

Ordering happens online. You choose the quantity by the ton or by the yard, pick a delivery date at checkout, and each product page has a calculator if you need help sizing the load.

Delivery covers Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Xenia and Ingraham, along with the rest of the county.

Order Gravel, Stone and Topsoil in Clay County

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6 base, CA-7 and CA-11 clean stone, lime screenings, torpedo sand, topsoil, fill dirt and riprap across Clay County. Drives, parking pads, drainage runs, paver bedding, raised beds and bank protection all start with the right material.

Order online by the ton or by the yard and choose your delivery date at checkout.

Clay County, IL Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery