Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Medora, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Medora, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives and pads, and homeowners fixing a lane or a bed. Both end up asking for the same thing first, CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois uses as road base.

Medora sits in Macoupin County, on ground where a tight claypan subsoil holds water close to the surface. That shapes which materials work here and which ones do not.

Materials for Medora Projects

Base and driveway surfacing come first because everything else sits on them. CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm surface for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Order it at CA-6.

If you are just resurfacing an existing drive or topping a compacted base, Driveway Gravel is the surfacing layer. For a path or garden walk that needs a finer, walkable finish, Walkway Gravel is the lighter option.

Washed stone is the other family worth knowing. CA-7, sold as #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, has no fines, so water moves through it.

It beds pipe, fills drainage trenches and French drains, and goes under concrete flatwork. CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean stone, does the same work at a smaller size.

For bedding, CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone are the two sizes to weigh. Smaller chips, CA-16 Chips, bed permeable pavers and top a compacted base.

Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines used as the standard bedding layer under pavers and flagstone.

Sand comes in two grades. Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell, is for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason sand is finer and cleaner, for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.

Soil, fill and mulch round out a project. Fill Dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base course goes down.

Top Soil is screened for lawns and beds, and Garden Soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots. Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds and tree rings through an Illinois summer.

Decorative stone is a separate choice. Natural Pea Gravel, river gravel and large river rock are rounded, so they sit still in beds and borders rather than locking together like crushed stone.

River Gravel works in beds and dry creek beds, and Large River Rock takes the heavier spots, like downspout splash areas and pond edges.

Ground and Conditions in Medora

Start with where the water goes, because across the Southern till plain and claypan country that answer is usually nowhere fast. The claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down.

Winter and spring rain perches on top of it, and ground stays saturated for weeks.

That matters for anything unbound. A base course over saturated clay can pump under traffic, which is why a clean drainage layer earns its place on a drive or a pad here.

CA-7 and CA-11 let water through instead of holding it.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion takes the surface, and banks scour where water runs hard.

Rip rap armors those spots. See RipRap for bank protection, culvert outlets and pond edges.

Timing is the other lever. The working season here is longer than upstate at both ends, but a wet winter and spring keep sites soft well into April.

Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for grading and base work.

Winters are cold but shorter than in northern Illinois, with frequent freeze and thaw swings that work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth is set by the local building department, not by the supplier.

Delivery to Medora and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile on site. That is the whole of it, so the practical question is where the pile should land.

Have the spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and keep it clear of overhead wires and low branches.

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

Pick a delivery date at checkout and the truck comes to your address.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Macoupin County, including Carlinville, Staunton, Gillespie, Virden and Mount Olive, as well as Medora itself.

Questions About Ordering

Do you supply contractors working in Medora?

Yes. Contractors order the same way homeowners do, online, with quantities by the ton or the yard and a delivery date chosen at checkout.

CA-6 is the usual base course for drives, pads and trench backfill, with CA-7 and CA-11 for pipe bedding and drainage. Fill dirt, top soil and mulch are available on the same order.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Medora, IL?

Yes. CA-6 is delivered in bulk to addresses in Medora and across Macoupin County.

It is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm base for driveways, parking pads, shed floors and garage bases.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Medora Project

For building a new drive, bedding a drainage run, topping a lane or filling a raised bed, the material is ordered online and delivered in bulk. Choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, pick a date at checkout, and Illinois Rock Supply brings it to your site in Medora.