Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Thompsonville, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Thompsonville, IL to two kinds of buyers: contractors working jobs in Franklin County and homeowners fixing up their own ground. Both usually start with the same question, which is how much material to order.

CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois calls road base, is the base course under drives, pads and shed floors. Soil and fill often come first, because grading and bed prep decide how the rest of the work goes.

Materials for Thompsonville Projects

Grading and bed prep come before any stone goes down, so soil and fill sit at the front of the work. Top Soil is screened Illinois prairie soil, dark and silty, for lawns, grading and bed prep.

Garden Soil is a blended mix for raised beds, vegetable plots and planting areas. Where you need to raise grade before a base course goes down, Fill Dirt is the bulk material for that job.

Once grade is set, CA-6 goes down as the compacted base for drives, parking pads and trench backfill. It carries the fines that bind it together, which is what separates it from washed stone.

Washed stone is the other half of the work. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone for bedding, drainage and concrete flatwork.

Sand and bedding round out a load. Washed Sand, called torpedo sand at Illinois yards, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines that bed pavers and flagstone.

Ground and Conditions in Thompsonville

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down. Winter and spring rain perches on top of it instead.

Ground stays saturated for weeks, and unbound base pumps under traffic when it does. That is the reason a fines-bearing material like CA-6 needs dry, stable ground under it before it goes down.

Where water has nowhere to go, a clean washed stone does the work instead. CA-7 and CA-11 have no fines, so water moves through them rather than sitting in them.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Sheet and gully erosion shows up where the thin loess is bared, and bank scour is a problem along the watercourses on this side of the state.

The working season runs longer here 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.

Delivery to Thompsonville and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for it to pull away afterward.

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 order.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Franklin County, including West Frankfort, Benton, Christopher, Sesser and Zeigler, as well as Thompsonville itself.

Questions About Ordering in Thompsonville

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Thompsonville?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose the amount when you place the order online.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load first. Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site.

What stone should I use for drainage in Thompsonville?

Use a clean washed stone with no fines, because the claypan subsoil here holds water close to the surface and a fines-bearing material will not pass it. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone for pipe bedding and drainage trenches, and CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone for the same work.

Order Grading and Base Material for Your Thompsonville Project

Illinois Rock Supply delivers topsoil, garden soil and fill for grading and bed prep, plus CA-6, washed stone, sand and decorative gravel for the work that follows. Order online by the ton or yard, size the load with the calculator, and pick your delivery date at checkout.