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

Crushed stone is angular, with broken faces that let it lock together and compact into a firm surface. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel, so it stays loose and moves underfoot. Use crushed stone for drives and bases, and Natural Pea Gravel for walkways, play areas and drainage where you want a stone that flows rather than binds.

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

Either works, and the choice is mostly about how you think about the job. Stone, sand and soil are commonly ordered by the ton, while some buyers prefer to order by the yard. The calculator on each product page lets you size the load in whichever unit you are working in, so the quantity you enter matches the job.

Which stone is best for drainage in Fayette County?

Washed clean stone with no fines, which here means CA-7 or CA-11. The claypan subsoil in this part of Illinois stops water moving down, so drainage has to move it sideways through open stone. Use CA-7 or CA-11 for French drains, foundation drains, downspout runs and bedding under pipe. CA-16 chips suit tighter bedding and drainage around tanks.

Fayette County, IL Aggregate and Rock Delivery

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Fayette County, IL. If you are building a drive, a parking pad or a shed base here, CA-6 is the material that carries the load.

This is claypan country. The tight subsoil sits close to the surface and stops water moving down, so a base that holds up through a wet spring starts with the right stone and the right drainage under it.

Materials Delivered in Fayette County

Aggregate is sold by size, and the size you pick decides how the material behaves. CA-6 is the Illinois base material because the crushed limestone keeps its fines, so it binds and compacts into a firm, tight surface.

Article 1004.01 sets the coarse gradations CA 1 through CA 20, and Article 1005.01 sets riprap as RR 3 through RR 7.

Those numbers are how material is specified and ordered in this state.

Coarse washed sand is torpedo sand in Illinois yards, and it goes into concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints, and both are sold by the ton.

For ground cover, Natural Pea Gravel, river gravel and large river rock work in beds, borders, walkways and dry creek beds. Screened topsoil, garden soil and shredded mulch cover the planting side of the same job.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator.

Ground Conditions Across Fayette County

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, loess sits over old, weathered Illinoian drift. The claypan subsoil close to the surface gives this part of Illinois its reputation for hard, slow ground, and relief runs flat to gently rolling.

That claypan stops water moving down. Rain that arrives in winter and spring perches on top of it, ground stays saturated for weeks, and unbound base under traffic can pump and lose its shape.

So a driveway here is a drainage question as much as a stone question. A clean washed layer under the base lets water move sideways instead of sitting in the fines.

The working season runs longer at both ends than it does upstate, but a wet winter keeps sites soft well into April. Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for a delivery that has to be placed on firm ground.

Winters are shorter than in the northern part of the state, with frequent freeze and thaw swings that work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth is about 30 to 36 inches across this ground region, and the local building department sets it.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion starts quickly, and streambanks scour when water runs off ground that will not take it in.

Delivery Across Fayette County

Bulk delivery reaches Vandalia, St. Elmo, Ramsey, Brownstown, Farina, St.

Peter, Bingham and Shobonier, along with the rest of the county. You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. From there it is your job to move and place the material where the work is.

Match the quantity to the job before you order. A base course needs enough stone to build up the grade, and a bedding layer needs far less.

The calculator on each product page helps you size the load.

Choosing the Right Material

Clinton County, Marion County and Bond County all share the same ground region as Fayette County. Loess over weathered Illinoian drift, with the same tight claypan subsoil and the same flat to gently rolling relief.

Because the ground is the same, the material choices carry across the line. That means CA-6 as a compacted base, CA-7 and CA-11 as the washed clean stone for bedding and drainage, and lime screenings for a bedding layer under pavers.

The one real difference is where a slope meets moving water. Bank scour and culvert outlets need riprap rather than a fines-bearing base, and riprap sizes are set as RR 3 through RR 7.

Order Gravel and Stone for Fayette County

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Fayette County, from Vandalia and St. Elmo to Farina and St.

Peter. Pick your material, size the load by the ton or the yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Order online when your site is ready.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Fayette County, IL