Pea Gravel, Stone and Soil Delivery in Forest City, IL

Looking for gravel and aggregate delivery in Forest City, IL? Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand and soil in bulk.

CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that local yards call road base, is the base course for drives and pads here.

Forest City sits in Mason County, where the ground is sandy and water moves through it fast.

Materials for Forest City Projects

Washed stone handles the drainage work around a house. Gutters, footing drains, drywells and French drains all need stone with the fines washed out so water passes through instead of ponding.

Use it for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and around concrete flatwork.

CA-7 has no fines, so it never turns into a mud layer.

Pair it with 3/4" Crushed Stone for bedding, drainage and concrete work.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size. Use them for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

CA-16 Chips fit tight spots where larger stone will not sit right.

For the base course itself, CA-6 carries the fines and compacts into a firm surface for a drive, parking pad or shed base. CA-6 is also the backfill for trenches and the layer under a slab.

Lime screenings, the crushed limestone fines local yards sell, bed pavers and flagstone. Lime Screenings also backfill around pipe.

Delivery to Forest City and the Surrounding Area

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Mason County, including Havana, Mason City, Manito, San Jose and Kilbourne. A dump truck tips your load on site in one pile.

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and you pick your delivery date at checkout.

Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives. Loose sand and soft ground after rain can make a heavy truck work harder, so a firm, level spot near the work keeps things simple.

Ground and Conditions in Forest City

The ground across the Illinois River valley and the sand areas is wind-blown and river-laid sand, left by meltwater floods that cut the valley. Terraces are droughty and sandy, while the low bottoms hold silt and clay.

Sand takes water quickly and holds almost none. In practice, that means a base that washes and settles rather than one that stays wet, so a fines-bearing base like CA-6 earns its place under a drive.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Wind moves bare sand, and water running across a loose sandy drive cuts ruts.

River bank scour matters along the Illinois, where rip rap armors the edge.

The sandy ground dries and works early in the spring, and work runs into late fall. River bottoms stay off limits during high water.

Winters bring repeated freeze and thaw. Open sand drains well and heaves less than the clay ground on the uplands either side of the valley.

Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Forest City

Illinois Rock Supply covers Forest City and the surrounding Mason County area with bulk delivery of CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch. Choose your material, set the quantity, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and get your project moving.