Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Hamilton, IL

If you are planning a driveway, a patio base or a drainage run, Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Hamilton, IL. Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile on your site.

CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material for drives, parking pads and shed floors here. Around it sit the washed stones, sands and soils a grading or bed prep job needs.

Materials for Hamilton Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil, not stone. Topsoil is screened and dark, and it goes down where a lawn, a graded slope or a planting bed will finish.

Garden soil is blended for raised beds and vegetable plots.

Fill dirt raises grade before anything else goes on top. It is the bulk material for building up a low spot or shaping a pad, and it sits under the base course rather than on it.

Once grade is set, CA-6 goes down as the compacted base.

Washed stone is the other half of the picture. CA-7 and CA-11 are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and concrete flatwork.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

Lime screenings are the crushed limestone fines used as paver and flagstone bedding and as backfill around pipe. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling, and mason sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Decorative work has its own list. Natural Pea Gravel, river gravel and large river rock cover walkways, beds, borders and dry creek beds, and rip rap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges.

Ground and Conditions in Hamilton

Water is the thing to plan around in this part of the state. Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

That split matters on a Hamilton job. A sloped drive on loess needs a base that will not wash, and a flat yard needs somewhere for the water to go once it stops moving.

Gully and rill erosion in loess is the other side of it, along with slumping on cut slopes. A clean washed stone like CA-7 or CA-11 gives water a path instead of letting it cut a channel through soil.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring, and the local building department sets the footing depth for anything structural.

Delivery to Hamilton and the Surrounding Area

Ordering happens online. You pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

You choose a delivery date at checkout.

On delivery day a dump truck backs to the drop point and tips the load in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable, and keep overhead wires and low branches in mind.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Hancock County, including Carthage, Warsaw, La Harpe, Nauvoo and Bowen. Hamilton sites get the same bulk drop as anywhere else in the county.

Questions About Ordering in Hamilton

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Hamilton?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you set the amount when you place the order online.

Each product page carries a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout. You also choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site.

What stone should I use for drainage in Hamilton?

Use a clean washed stone with no fines, because fines block water. CA-7 and CA-11 are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch sizes for French drains, pipe bedding and foundation drains.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size for tighter work, and #4 crushed stone covers heavier drainage and trench bottoms.

Order Soil, Stone and Gravel for Your Hamilton Project

From topsoil and garden soil for bed prep to CA-6 for a drive and washed stone for drainage, Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material to Hamilton and the rest of Hancock County. Choose your material, set the quantity and pick a delivery date online to get your order started.