Gravel, Stone and Soil for Fulton County, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Fulton County, IL to driveways, drainage jobs and building pads. The ground here is deep loess over older drift, and loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

That is why base depth matters more than surface choice on a lot of sites.

CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Materials Delivered in Fulton County

Start with the project, then pick the stone. A driveway, a patio and a drain each want a different material, and the local name is how you order it.

CA-6 carries the most weight on a Fulton County site. It is the base course under a drive or a pad, and it is also the surface on a gravel drive.

If you are raising grade first, fill dirt goes down before the CA-6 base course.

For a patio, the bedding layer is usually lime screenings or a chip size like CA-16. For a drain, you want clean washed stone: CA-7 or drain rock for a French drain or a drywell, and #4 Crushed Stone where the trench bottom needs something larger.

Decorative work runs on rounded stone. River Gravel suits beds and dry creek beds, Large River Rock handles downspout splash areas, and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel fits walkways and play areas.

Mason Sand is the fine clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Ground Conditions Across Fulton County

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, the ground is deep loess over older Illinoian drift on rolling uplands. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

Both behaviors matter when you set a base.

On a slope, water leaves quickly and takes fines with it. That is gully and rill erosion in loess on steep bluffs and ravines, and it is why slope protection matters as much as the base itself.

On flat ground the same soil holds moisture, so a base that was never built to shed water stays soft.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Bottomland sites wait out spring high water.

Cold winters bring freeze and thaw, and frost still lifts drives and walks each spring.

Frost depth is about 36 to 40 inches in this part of the state, and the local building department sets it. That figure is a footing depth set by the building official, not a target for a gravel base.

Delivery Across Fulton County

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

A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile.

Delivery covers Canton, Farmington, Lewistown, Astoria, Cuba, Vermont, Avon, Ipava, Fairview, London Mills, Table Grove, Smithfield, Ellisville and Marietta. Rural addresses across the county are served the same way.

Choosing the Right Material

Knox County sits in the same West Central Illinois region and on the same ground: deep loess over older Illinoian drift, with dissected bluffs and steep ravines. The ground is the same, so the material logic is the same.

CA-6 as a base and clean washed stone for drainage carry over.

Mason County is different ground. It is Illinois River valley and the sand areas, with deep wind-blown and river-laid sand on the terraces and droughty sandy soils.

Sand drains freely, so a base there behaves differently than a base set in loess.

Peoria County spans more than one zone, from the Grand Prairie till plain to the Illinois River valley and the sand areas. Where the ground turns sandy, drainage is less of a problem and holding a base in place is more of one.

On loess ground, the practical choice is a fines-bearing base like CA-6 under the load and clean washed stone at the edges and in the trenches. On sandy ground, the same clean stone still drains, but the base has less to bind it.

Order CA-6 and Washed Stone in Fulton County

CA-6 is the base material for Fulton County ground, and clean washed stone handles the drainage beside it. Illinois Rock Supply delivers both, along with sand, soil, mulch and decorative rock, by the ton or by the yard.

Choose your material, size the load and pick a delivery date to place your order.