Order CA-6 and Crushed Stone in Peoria County, IL
For gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Peoria County, IL, Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton. The base material here is CA-6, dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.
It is the standard base for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.
Peoria County spans two ground regions. The uplands around Peoria, Peoria Heights, Elmwood and Princeville sit on flat till plain under deep prairie silt loam.
The Illinois River valley and the sand areas around Chillicothe are sandy and drain fast.
Materials delivered in Peoria County
Order by project. A driveway takes a base course and a surface course.
A patio takes a compacted base and a bedding layer. A drain takes clean washed stone with no fines in it.
CA-6 carries the most weight in a build.
Those numbers are how material is specified and ordered in Illinois.
For a drain, order CA-7 or 3/4" Crushed Stone. Both are washed clean, so water moves through instead of sitting in the trench.
For a patio, bed pavers on Lime Screenings over a compacted base.
Decorative work takes rounded stone. River Gravel suits beds and dry creek beds, and Large River Rock handles downspout splash areas and heavier decorative edges.
3/8" Natural Pea Gravel works for walkways and play areas.
Soil and fill round out a site. Fill Dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base goes down.
Garden Soil feeds raised beds and vegetable plots, and Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds through an Illinois summer.
Ground conditions across Peoria County
On the Grand Prairie till plain around Peoria, Peoria Heights, Elmwood and Princeville, the ground is flat with dense clay subsoil and almost no natural fall. Water stands rather than runs after heavy rain.
That matters for a base. A pad built on ground that holds water needs the drainage layer to work, which is why clean stone goes under and around pipe and slab edges.
Bare silt loam also erodes in sheets and gullies where runoff concentrates.
In the Illinois River valley and the sand areas around Chillicothe, the ground is deep wind-blown and river-laid sand. Sand takes water quickly and holds almost none.
The problem there is a base that washes and settles rather than one that stays wet.
Wind moves bare sand, and water ruts loose sandy drives. River bank scour and overbank flooding follow the Illinois when it comes up.
Frost depth runs about 36 inches through most of central and eastern Illinois, and the local building department sets it. Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring.
Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Upland ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter.
Sandy ground dries and works early, but river bottoms stay off limits during high water.
Delivery across Peoria County
Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator.
Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site.
Delivery covers Peoria, Chillicothe, Peoria Heights, Elmwood, Princeville, Dunlap, Hanna City, Glasford, Brimfield, Trivoli, Mapleton, Edelstein, Edwards and Laura.
The truck tips the material in one pile. Plan where that pile should sit before the truck arrives, since the load is not placed or spread.
Choosing the right material
Knox County and Fulton County sit in West Central Illinois, on deep loess over older Illinoian drift. That ground is rolling, with dissected bluffs and steep ravines along the Mississippi and Illinois.
Loess is silty and erodes readily on a slope.
Peoria County's upland ground is flat till plain under prairie silt loam, so runoff concentrates instead of running off a grade. Where a Knox or Fulton slope sheds water fast, a Peoria County pad holds it, and the drainage layer under the base does the work.
Marshall County sits in North Central Illinois and spans the same two ground regions as Peoria County. The ground is the same, so the material choices carry over.
Order CA-6 for your Peoria County project
CA-6 is the base material for Peoria County drives, pads and shed bases. Pair it with CA-7 or CA-11 where you need clean stone that drains, and lime screenings where you bed pavers.
Order online by the ton or yard and set your delivery date.