Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Lake County, IL
Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Lake County, IL. Plan around the working season here: base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall, frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.
CA-6 is the base material most of that work starts from. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.
Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, heavy silt and clay shed water rather than take it, so a base course and a drainage layer both matter.
Materials Delivered in Lake County
Material is grouped by family so you can match it to the job. Each product page has a calculator for sizing a load.
Base
CA-6 is the Illinois base material, dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.
It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. Chicago area yards also call it grade 8 or grade 9.
Crusher Run is crushed stone with the fines left in, for base and drives. In Illinois the base term is CA-6, and crusher run is the secondary name.
Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base, and Walkway Gravel gives paths a finer, walkable surface.
Washed Stone
CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.
CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for bedding, drainage and concrete work.
CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines used for paver and flagstone bedding and backfill around pipe, and the standard bedding layer in Illinois.
Sand
Torpedo Sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. That is what Illinois yards call it.
Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.
Soil, Fill and Decorative
Topsoil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty. Fill Dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base course goes down, and Garden Soil fills raised beds and planting areas.
Riprap is heavy broken stone for bank protection, culvert outlets, pond edges and slope armoring. River Gravel is rounded decorative stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds.
Choosing the Right Material
Cook County and McHenry County sit on the same ground region as Lake County. That is the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, with heavy silt and clay close to the lake and clay-rich till inland.
Because the ground is the same, the base and drainage choice does not change from one of these counties to the next. Clay sheds water rather than takes it, so a compacted CA-6 base and a clean washed stone drainage layer do the same work in all three.
Ground Conditions Across Lake County
Start with where water goes. Lake plain clay and dense till shed water rather than take it, flat ground has little fall, and heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades and storm sewers in the older built-up areas.
That shapes two choices. A compacted base needs stone that compacts, which is CA-6.
Water that has to move needs clean washed stone with no fines, which is CA-7 or CA-11 in a trench or French drain.
Erosion follows the same pattern. Lake Michigan bluff and shore erosion comes from storm waves and high lake levels, stream bank scour shows up after heavy rain, and sheet wash moves across bare clay lots.
Riprap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges.
Winter sets the schedule. Long cold winters bring many freeze and thaw cycles, frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring, and gravel surfaces stay soft until the ground drains.
Frozen ground stops compaction, so work runs from the spring thaw into late fall.
Delivery Across Lake County
Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives.
Everything is ordered online. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, use the calculator on the product page to size the load, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Coverage runs across the county, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee, Highland Park, Buffalo Grove, Vernon Hills, Zion, Grayslake, Libertyville, Lake Zurich, Lake Forest, Deerfield and Round Lake.
Questions About Ordering
Do you deliver to Lake County?
Yes. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and aggregates across Lake County, IL.
Coverage includes Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee, Highland Park, Buffalo Grove, Vernon Hills, Zion, Grayslake, Libertyville, Lake Zurich, Lake Forest, Deerfield and Round Lake. 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 in one pile on site.
What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?
Crushed stone has angular faces and comes in graded sizes. CA-6 is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it compacts into a firm base.
CA-7 and CA-11 are washed clean, with no fines, so water passes through. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel, which is what walkways, play areas and fence post mix call for.
Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?
Both work. Every product page has a calculator, so you can size the load either way and then place the order online.
Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Pick whichever unit you already work in, enter your figures into the calculator, and choose a delivery date at checkout.
Order Gravel, Stone and Soil for Lake County
Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock for driveways, parking pads, drainage trenches, paver bedding, bank armoring, lawns and beds across Lake County. Ground here sheds water rather than takes it, so the base and the drainage layer both carry the job.
Order online when you are ready.