Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Homer, IL

Illinois Rock Supply provides gravel and aggregate delivery in Homer, IL, with bulk loads ordered online and tipped at your site. Start with the calculator on any product page to size the load, then pick your material.

CA-6 is the base material this part of Illinois runs on: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds driveways, parking pads, shed floors and trench backfill.

The ground here is flat prairie silt loam over clay, so a base course has to carry the load the soil will not.

Delivery to Homer and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at the address you give.

That is the whole process.

Homer sits in Champaign County, and delivery covers the county, including Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, Mahomet and Savoy. Every product page carries a calculator if you are unsure how much to order.

Materials for Homer Projects

Decorative rock, bed material and dry creek stone do a lot of the finish work on Homer properties, and they pair with the base and drainage materials underneath. Here is what to order for the project in front of you.

For a driveway or a parking pad, start with CA-6. It is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it knits together under a vehicle.

Driveway Gravel tops an existing drive or a compacted base, and Crusher Run is the same idea under its secondary name.

For a patio, a walk or a garden path, Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable surface. Bed the pavers on Lime Screenings, the crushed limestone fines that Illinois crews use as the standard bedding layer.

For a drain, a French drain or a downspout run, use clean washed stone: CA-7 for bedding under pipe and 3/4" Crushed Stone (CA-11) for the same work at 3/4 inch.

Decorative work is where the beds and borders come together. River Gravel is rounded washed stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Large River Rock handles dry creek beds, downspout splash areas and heavier decorative work. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and drainage.

For ground cover and planting, Shredded Mulch holds moisture through an Illinois summer in beds and tree rings. Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and Garden Soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots.

Ground and Conditions in Homer

Homer sits on the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois. The ground is flat to gently rolling, with deep, dark prairie silt loam over dense clay subsoil and very little natural fall.

Water stands after heavy rain instead of running off.

That matters for what you build. A base course over silt loam and clay needs enough depth to spread the load, because the subsoil will not drain and will not carry it.

Clean washed stone is the drainage layer in that setup; fines-bearing material is not.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Bare silt loam sheets off, and concentrated runoff from fields and yards cuts gullies.

Riprap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges where that runoff lands.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter, and frost heave shows up in gravel drives and walks each spring.

Frost depth figures are set by the local building department.

Order CA-6 and Decorative Stone for Homer

CA-6 is the Illinois base material for drives, pads and backfill, and the decorative stone, lime screenings and soils around it finish the job. Order online, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and pick your delivery date.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Homer and Champaign County.