Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Colona, IL

If you are grading a yard, raising a low spot, or prepping beds before a base goes down, you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Colona, IL that shows up as the material you actually asked for. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk loads by the ton or the yard, ordered online.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill.

Under it or beside it, you will want soil, sand, and clean stone sized to the job.

Materials for Colona Projects

Grading and bed prep start with dirt and soil, then build up. Fill dirt, also called fill, raises grade before anything structural goes on top.

Screened topsoil goes over that for lawns and seeding, and garden soil, often called garden mix, fills raised beds and vegetable plots.

For the base course over graded ground, CA-6 is the Illinois material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it takes a compacted surface for drives, pads, and backfill.

Crusher run is the secondary name for the same idea.

Clean washed stone handles water. CA-7, sold as #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, beds pipe and drainage trenches and sits under concrete flatwork.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone Illinois yards sell alongside it, and lime screenings bed pavers and flagstone.

Sand and decorative finishes round out a project. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling, mason sand is the finer sand for mortar and paver joints, and river gravel or large river rock finishes beds, borders, and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Colona

Water decides how a Colona project gets built. Across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country, tight till and a high water table sit under the flat ground, while sand plains drain almost too fast.

Snowmelt and spring rain on frozen ground push water across the surface instead of into it. A drainage layer of clean washed stone, CA-7 or CA-11, gives that water somewhere to go.

Fines-bearing material like CA-6 holds water and belongs in a base, not a drain.

Slopes and banks in this part of the state see gully and sheet erosion where water runs off. Riprap and large river rock armor those edges and slow the wash.

The working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little shorter than downstate. Frozen ground stops compaction, so grading and base work wait for it to come out.

Frost depth runs about 42 inches across the northern counties, and your local building department sets footing depth for your job.

Delivery to Colona and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives on a dump truck and tips in one pile at the site. Have the drop area clear and reachable for a truck before the load shows up.

Order online, choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Colona sits in Henry County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Kewanee, Geneseo, Galva, Cambridge, and Orion.

Order Gravel, Stone and Soil for Your Colona Project

Driveways, parking pads, shed bases, drainage runs, lawns, raised beds, and decorative beds all start with the right bulk material. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil, garden soil, and fill across Colona and Henry County.

Order online when you are ready.