Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Montgomery County, IL
Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Montgomery County, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives and pads, and homeowners filling in a low spot or dressing a bed. Both usually start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the fines and makes a compacted base.
Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the ground below that base is the part that decides how the job holds up. The claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down.
Ground Conditions Across Montgomery County
Rain and snowmelt cannot drain downward through tight claypan subsoil, so winter and spring water perches on top of it. Ground in this part of the state stays saturated for weeks at a time, and unbound base under traffic can pump when that happens.
That is why a base course matters more here than the surface material on top of it. Fill dirt raises grade before a CA-6 course goes down, and clean washed stone gives water somewhere to go instead of sitting against a foundation.
Erosion is the other half of the same problem. Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion takes the soil, and bank scour works on channels across the Southern till plain and claypan country.
Rip rap armors those edges.
The working season runs longer than it does 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.
Freeze and thaw swings work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth is set by the local building department and runs about 30 to 36 inches across this ground region; no figure was researched for Montgomery County itself.
Materials Delivered in Montgomery County
Article 1004.01 sets the coarse aggregate gradations CA 1 through CA 20, and Article 1005.01 sets the riprap gradations RR 3 through RR 7.
CA-6 is the base material for this county. It is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it compacts into a firm surface rather than staying loose.
Use it under a drive, a parking pad or a shed floor, and for backfilling a trench.
CA-7 and CA-11 are the clean washed stones, both with the fines washed out. CA-7 is the 1 inch size and CA-11 is the 3/4 inch size, and both work as bedding under pipe and around foundations where water needs to move.
CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size, for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks. Lime screenings are the limestone fines that bed pavers and flagstone.
Torpedo sand, sold here as Washed Sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling.
Soil and fill round out the list. Top Soil is screened prairie topsoil, dark and silty, for lawns and bed prep.
Fill Dirt raises grade before a base course. Garden Soil feeds raised beds, and Shredded Mulch holds moisture through an Illinois summer.
Decorative stone covers the finish work. River Gravel is rounded washed gravel for beds and borders, Large River Rock handles dry creek beds and downspout splash areas, and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways and play areas.
Delivery Across Montgomery County
A bulk order arrives as a dump truck that tips the load in one pile on site. 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 need to size the load.
Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives. A pile of CA-6 or topsoil needs firm ground under it and enough room around it to work from, so move vehicles, trailers and anything else out of the way first.
Delivery covers Litchfield, Hillsboro, Nokomis, Raymond, Witt, Farmersville, Coffeen, Irving, Butler, Fillmore, Waggoner, Walshville, Harvel and Donnellson.
Choosing the Right Material
Madison County sits in the Metro East, on western Illinois loess uplands along the Mississippi border. Its ground is deep loess over older Illinoian drift, with dissected bluffs, steep ravines and thick silty alluvium on the American Bottom.
That is a different set of conditions from the tight claypan here. Where slopes are steep and ravines cut deep, drainage moves laterally and slope armoring carries more of the work, which points toward rip rap over a base course.
Sangamon County and Christian County both sit on the Grand Prairie till plain of central Illinois. That is flat to gently rolling Wisconsin Episode till under deep, dark prairie silt loams, with the long Bloomington and Shelbyville moraine ridges crossing the plain.
Sangamon County shares the same broad ground region as Christian County, and both differ from the claypan country here. On that till plain the subsoil drains more freely, so a base course meets different water than it does in Montgomery County.
Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Montgomery County
Illinois Rock Supply delivers base, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative gravel across Montgomery County for driveways, parking pads, drainage trenches, patios, raised beds and bank protection. Pick the material that fits the job, size the load by the ton or the yard, and place your order online for delivery.