Buy Fill Dirt in Marine, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Marine, IL, with CA-6 road base and washed stone for driveways, drainage and landscaping. Marine sits in Madison County, where the loess uplands along the Mississippi border shed water fast on slopes and hold it in the flats.

That mix of ground shapes what you order. A drive or pad needs a base that compacts, and a wet corner needs stone that lets water through instead of sitting on top.

Materials for Marine Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil. Screened Top Soil is dark and silty Illinois prairie soil, used for lawns, regrading and bed prep.

Garden Soil is blended for raised beds and vegetable plots, where drainage and tilth matter more than bulk.

Fill Dirt raises grade before a base course goes down. Bring a site up to level with fill first, then cap it with a compacted base.

For that base, CA-6 (also called road base, 3/4 dense grade) is the Illinois standard. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a stable surface for driveways, parking pads and shed floors.

Order it as CA-6.

Washed stone handles everything water touches. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe and drainage trenches.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone for concrete flatwork and French drains.

Order CA-7 as CA-7 and CA-11 as 3/4" Crushed Stone. For paver bedding, use lime screenings, the fine crushed limestone that beds pavers and flagstone.

Ground and Conditions in Marine

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, water is the driver. Loess sheds rain and snowmelt fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

The bottomlands drain slowly after high water.

That means a drive on a slope loses its fines to runoff, while a low pad stays soft. A clean washed stone layer under a base gives water somewhere to go.

CA-7 and CA-11 both drain; CA-6 does not, because the fines block flow.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Gullies cut into loess on steep ground, and runoff concentrates where it is channeled.

RipRap armors banks, culvert outlets and slope edges. Work runs from spring thaw into late fall here, and bottomland sites wait out high water.

Delivery to Marine and the Surrounding Area

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

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

Have the drop area clear before the truck arrives. Bulk loads are heavy, so keep the spot reachable and away from overhead lines and soft ground.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers to Marine and to Granite City, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville and Godfrey in Madison County.

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

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

Each product page carries a calculator that helps you size the load. Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site in Marine or elsewhere in Madison County.

What stone should I use for drainage in Marine?

Use clean washed stone, which has no fines to hold water. CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone for pipe bedding and drainage trenches, and CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone for French drains and concrete work.

CA-6 is a compacting base, not a drainage stone.

Order Soil and Stone for Marine

Grading, bed prep, driveways and drainage all start with the right material. Illinois Rock Supply delivers topsoil, garden soil, fill dirt and CA-6 to Marine and the surrounding Madison County area.

Choose your material, size the load, and place your order online.