Union County, IL Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery
Order gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Union County, IL online. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or by the yard and runs a dump truck to your site.
Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Southern Illinois builds on. It is the base for drives, parking pads and shed floors.
The ground here is thin soil over rock, so what sits under the stone matters as much as the stone.
Materials delivered in Union County
Base material comes first on most ground here. CA-6 is crushed limestone with the fines left in.
It goes down under driveways, parking pads, garage and shed bases, and trench backfill.
Clean washed stone handles water and bedding. Sand, soil and decorative stone cover the rest of the ground around a house.
Choosing the right material
Pulaski County and Alexander County sit on the Cairo lowland and the southern river bottoms. That ground is flat alluvial bottomland with deep silt, sand and clay laid down by the rivers, sand ridges, old channel scars and a high water table under most of it.
Union County ground is different. It is unglaciated hill country of sandstone and limestone, with thin soils and rock close to the surface.
Loess covers the ridge tops, slopes are steep and wooded, and valley bottoms are narrow with silt and gravel.
On flat bottomland, a high water table is the problem, so a clean washed stone like CA-7 or #67 Stone carries water away from a base that would otherwise sit wet.
On hillsides, the problem is water arriving fast and thin soil that stores none of it. A compacted CA-6 base holds up on a graded pad, and RipRap armors a cut bank or a culvert outlet where runoff scours.
Williamson County shares the Shawnee Hills and the southern uplands ground region with Union County. The ground is the same, and the same material choices follow from it.
Ground conditions across Union County
Across the Shawnee Hills and the southern uplands, steep ground concentrates runoff into narrow hollows very quickly. Thin soil over rock has nowhere to store water, and heavy rain off the Gulf arrives in large amounts at once.
That runoff scours hillside drives and culvert outlets. It gullies steep unsurfaced tracks and drives flash flooding in the hollows.
Rock fall and slumping show up on cut banks.
Plan for drainage before you plan a surface. A clean washed stone under and around a pipe gives water a path, and Drain Rock works for French drains, drywells and foundation drains.
The working season here is the longest in Illinois, running from late winter into early winter. Wet weather and soft hillside access set the limit, not frozen ground.
Winters are the mildest in the state but still bring regular freeze and thaw. Frost matters less than water on these slopes, and the local building department sets footing depth.
Delivery across Union County
Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and use the calculator on each product page to size the load.
A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to get in and out.
Illinois Rock Supply delivers to Anna, Jonesboro, Cobden, Dongola, Alto Pass and Wolf Lake, along with the rest of the county.
Order bulk gravel, stone and soil in Union County
Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil, fill dirt and decorative rock to drives, pads, drainage work and planting beds across Union County. Order online by the ton or the yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.