Pea Gravel, Stone and Soil Delivery in Alden, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Alden, IA, by the ton or by the yard. If you are building a base here, start with Class A roadstone.

Alden sits on the Des Moines Lobe, where thick glacial till holds water and the flat ground sheds it slowly. That shapes what you put under a drive or a pad.

Materials for Alden Projects

Water is the thing to plan around in this part of Hardin County. The ground here is heavy and tiled, and snowmelt sits on top until the frost lets go.

Washed stone is how you move that water away from a building instead of into it.

Clean rock is crushed limestone, washed and open graded so water runs straight through it. Use it for French drains, drywells and downspout runs, and for subdrain and pipe bedding.

3/4 inch clean stone does the same work at a smaller size. It suits trench backfill and drive surfacing where you want a loose, free draining stone rather than a bound surface.

3/8 inch washed chips are the fine end of the washed family. Iowa quarries sell this as washed chips, and it works for paver joints, fine drainage and seal coat aggregate.

Natural Pea Gravel is rounded, not crushed, so it moves underfoot and drains freely. It fits walkways, play areas and small drainage runs where a soft surface is wanted.

For the base itself, Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts. It goes under drives, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes.

Where a coarser roadstone is needed, 1 inch roadstone goes down under a finer surface course. It suits a new drive, a soft spot or a lane that carries heavy equipment.

For the finish work, limestone screenings bed pavers and flagstone and fill the joints. River rock and large river rock cover decorative beds and dry creek beds.

Delivery to Alden and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

A dump truck tips the material on your site in one pile. From there it is yours to move.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers across Hardin County, including Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Hubbard and Radcliffe. If your site is in or around Alden, the same delivery covers it.

Ground and Conditions in Alden

The working season here is short. Compaction waits for the frost to come out and for the flat ground to shed its spring water.

Base and paver work runs from late spring to the fall freeze, and a wet spring shortens that window.

Across the Des Moines Lobe, the drainage network is young and inefficient. Kettles and closed depressions hold water, and most ground only drains because it is tiled.

Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface where the ground below is still frozen.

That is the case for washed stone under a downspout or a French drain. Water needs somewhere open to go, and a clean, open graded stone gives it that path.

Erosion here comes less from slope and more from ditch and tile outlet scour, plus washouts where runoff concentrates on the moraine ridges. Riprap armors culvert outlets, pond edges and stream banks against spring runoff.

Winters are long and cold, with repeated freeze and thaw that heaves gravel drives and field entrances as the ground lets go in spring. Frost depth is commonly 42 inches on the Des Moines Lobe, and the local building official sets footing depth.

Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Alden

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch across Alden and Hardin County. Order online by the ton or by the yard, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and choose your delivery date at checkout.