Landscaping Material Delivered in St. Jacob, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in St. Jacob, IL to homes and job sites across Madison County.

The ground here is deep loess over older drift, and that silty soil sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

That matters before you pick a material. A soft, wet subgrade needs a compacted CA-6 base under it, not more surface stone on top.

Delivery to St. Jacob 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 to size the load before you commit.

A dump truck then tips your material on site in one pile. Plan where that pile lands, because the driver tips the load and moves on.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across St. Jacob and Madison County, including Granite City, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville and Godfrey.

Bulk loads arrive on the date you select.

Materials for St. Jacob Projects

Start with the project, not the material list. Beds, borders and dry creek beds call for rounded decorative stone, while a drive or a drain calls for something structural.

Decorative rock, beds and ground cover

River Gravel is rounded stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds. It moves water visually and sits well against foundation plantings and tree rings.

Large River Rock is the bigger rounded stone for dry creek beds, downspout splash areas and heavier decorative work. Use it where you want the creek bed to read as stone rather than gravel.

3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel for walkways, play areas and fence post mix. It is small enough to walk on and drains freely.

For a finer, walkable path surface, Walkway Gravel gives you a tidier finish than bed stone. Top beds with Shredded Mulch where you want moisture held through an Illinois summer.

Driveways, pads and drainage

CA-6, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade, is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It is the Illinois base material for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base. For a clean stone under pipe or a drainage trench, CA-7 is washed stone with no fines, and 3/4" Crushed Stone covers the same bedding and concrete work at 3/4 inch.

Ground and Conditions in St. Jacob

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, the ground is deep loess over older Illinoian drift. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats, so the same driveway can drain at the top and stay soft at the bottom.

An under-built base fails on both. On a slope, water moves through the fines and pulls the surface apart; in a flat, it sits in the subgrade and the stone pumps.

Gully and rill erosion in loess shows up on steep bluffs and ravines, and slumping is common on cut slopes. Where runoff concentrates, it cuts rather than spreads.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Cold winters bring freeze and thaw, and frost still lifts drives and walks each spring.

Frost depth is set locally by the building department, so check with yours before you plan anything that bears on footings. Illinois Rock Supply delivers through the working season.

Order CA-6 and Decorative Stone in St. Jacob

CA-6 is the base that holds up under a St. Jacob drive, pad or trench, and rounded river gravel finishes the beds and creek beds around it.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers both, along with sand, topsoil and mulch, across Madison County. Choose your material and quantity online and place your order.