Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Richmond, IL

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Richmond, IL runs on the working season. Base, driveway and paver work fits between the spring thaw and late fall.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this market builds on, along with washed stone, sand and soil. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter.

Materials for Richmond Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil, not stone. Richmond sits on clay-rich till, so a lawn, a raised bed or a building pad needs the right soil before anything else goes down.

Top Soil is screened Illinois prairie topsoil, dark and silty. It builds up grade and preps beds for lawn seed.

Garden Soil is a blended mix for raised beds and vegetable plots. It gives roots something looser than the clay underneath.

Fill Dirt raises grade in bulk before a CA-6 base course goes down. It is the cheap volume under a finished surface.

Once grade is set, base and washed stone take over. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

Sand and decorative stone round out a project. Washed Sand, called torpedo sand here, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason Sand is finer, for brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Ground and Conditions in Richmond

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground sheds water rather than takes it. Clay and dense till sit under a thin working layer.

Flat ground has little fall, so heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades. Water that cannot move sits against a foundation or under a driveway.

That is where clean washed stone earns its place. CA-7 and CA-11 carry water through a trench instead of holding it, because they have no fines to clog the voids.

CA-6 behaves the other way. The fines in it bind the stone into a compacted base for a drive or a pad.

It is not a drainage material.

Frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring and leaves gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains. Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, and the local building department sets the figure.

Timing follows the same logic. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Delivery to Richmond and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

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 a load.

Richmond sits in McHenry County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Woodstock and Huntley.

Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Richmond

Illinois Rock Supply delivers topsoil, garden soil and fill dirt for grading and bed prep, plus CA-6, washed stone, sand and decorative gravel for drives, drainage and landscaping across Richmond and McHenry County. Order online when your ground is workable.