Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Zion, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Zion, IL to homeowners, contractors and property managers across Lake County. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material this market builds on.

Order it for a driveway, a parking pad or a shed base, and it arrives by the ton.

Zion sits on the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, where heavy silt and clay ground shapes what a site needs.

Materials for Zion Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where most Zion work starts, and CA-6 leads it. The fines in CA-6 let it compact into a firm, tight surface for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Chicago area yards also call this grade 8 or grade 9. Pair it with Driveway Gravel when you are resurfacing an existing drive.

Washed clean stone handles everything that has to drain. CA-7, the 1 inch clean stone, beds pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork, and 3/4" Crushed Stone is the CA-11 size that goes alongside it.

For tighter work, CA-16 Chips bed permeable pavers and drain around tanks.

Sand comes in two grades here. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

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

Soil and mulch finish the job. Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and Illinois prairie topsoil runs dark and silty.

For planting beds, Garden Soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots, and Shredded Mulch holds moisture through a summer.

Ground and Conditions in Zion

The ground across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines sheds water rather than takes it. Heavy silt and clay hold rain, dense till turns it away, and flat ground gives it little fall.

Heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades and storm sewers in the older built-up areas.

That is why drainage matters as much as surface here. Clean washed stone such as Drain Rock gives water somewhere to go around a foundation, a downspout run or a French drain.

A fines-bearing base like CA-6 does the opposite job: it compacts and sheds at the surface instead of holding water in.

Bare clay lots also sheet-wash after heavy rain, and storm waves and high lake levels work at the shore. RipRap armors a slope, a bank or a culvert outlet against that scour.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Many freeze and thaw cycles lift drives, walks and slabs each spring, and gravel surfaces stay soft until the ground drains.

Delivery to Zion and the Surrounding Area

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 the load.

A dump truck then tips your material on site in one pile.

Have the drop area clear before the truck arrives. Bulk loads need open ground and room for the truck to reach the spot.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Lake County, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee and Highland Park.

Questions About Ordering in Zion

Do you supply contractors working in Zion?

Yes. Contractors, builders and property managers order the same materials homeowners do, including CA-6 for base and driveway work, CA-7 and CA-11 for drainage and concrete, and lime screenings for paver bedding.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and delivery goes to the job site in Zion.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Zion, IL?

Yes. CA-6 is the base material this market builds on, and Illinois Rock Supply delivers it to Zion addresses in Lake County.

Order online, choose your tonnage, and pick a delivery date at checkout. The load arrives as a tipped pile on your site.

Order Base, Stone and Gravel for Your Zion Project

Driveways, parking pads, shed bases, drainage trenches, paver bedding and planting beds all take bulk material, and Zion projects can order it by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across Lake County.

Place your order online and pick a delivery date.