Large River Rock Delivery for Ames, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Ames, IA, and every load starts with a number. Each product page has a calculator, so you size the load before you order it.

Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone base course this market builds on, and it sits under most of the decorative work you see around town.

Delivery to Ames and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at the site.

Ames sits in Story County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area. That includes Nevada, Huxley, Story City, Slater and Roland.

Bulk loads run heavy, so the drop point matters. Pick a spot with room for a truck to reach it and tip clear of overhead lines.

Materials for Ames Projects

Decorative rock carries a lot of the outdoor work here, from bed cover to dry creek beds that move roof and yard water away from a foundation. Rounded stone suits that job because it stays put and looks finished.

Large River Rock is the oversized grade for dry creek beds, splash pads and heavier bank work. River Rock is the smaller rounded gravel for decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds.

For a finer decorative surface, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel covers walkways, play areas and patio bedding. Iowa yards call this Natural Pea Gravel, and it also handles small drainage runs.

Beds and tree rings want an organic cover that holds moisture through a dry Iowa August. Shredded Mulch is double ground hardwood for beds, tree rings and windbreak plantings.

Ground cover under a deck or along a shed edge often starts with a base. Class A Roadstone is the 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts under drives, parking pads and shed bases.

Ground and Conditions in Ames

Ames sits on the Des Moines Lobe, the youngest glacial ground in Iowa. Under the topsoil is thick, compact pebbly loam till, 45 to 60 feet deep in places.

That till holds water. This is pothole country, where the drainage network is young and kettles and closed depressions collect what falls.

Most ground here only drains because it is tiled, and snowmelt sits on the surface while the ground below is still frozen. An under-built base on ground like that moves.

Erosion shows up less on slopes and more at ditch and tile outlets, where runoff concentrates. Riprap and clean rock armor those spots.

Base and paver work runs from late spring to the fall freeze. Compaction waits for the frost to come out and the flat ground to shed its spring water.

Order Decorative Rock and Class A Roadstone in Ames

Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone base course that carries drives, pads and shed bases across the Des Moines Lobe, and decorative rock finishes the beds and dry creek beds above it. Order online when you are ready, and Iowa Rock Supply delivers to your site in Ames.