Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Clive, IA

Planning a driveway, a parking pad or a drainage run in Clive, IA? Gravel and aggregate delivery here starts with the right base, and Iowa Rock Supply sells it in bulk by the ton or the yard.

Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone base course this market builds on. It carries the fines that let it bind and compact under a drive, a shed base or a farm lane.

Materials for Clive Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where most Clive jobs begin. Class A roadstone, also called roadstone or road rock, is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a firm base for driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes.

Order it at Class A Roadstone.

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

See 1 Inch Roadstone.

To top an existing drive or lane that has thinned out, driveway rock goes over a compacted roadstone base. Look at Driveway Gravel.

Washed stone handles water. Clean rock, also called clean stone, is washed and open graded, so water moves straight through it.

It suits subdrains, drainage tile backfill, pipe bedding and backfill behind retaining walls. Order it at Clean Rock.

Riprap, also called revetment stone, is large angular rock for stream bank and pond edge armoring, culvert outlets and slope protection against spring runoff. See Riprap.

Sand and soil round out a site. Mason sand beds brick and block mortar, paver joints and play areas.

Black dirt, which Iowa yards call screened topsoil, handles lawn repair, grading and bed prep. Both are sold in bulk by the ton or the yard.

Ground and Conditions in Clive

This part of Iowa is pothole country, and the drainage network is young and inefficient. Kettles and closed depressions hold water, and much of the ground only drains at all because it is tiled.

Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface where the ground below is still frozen. That standing water is what softens a drive edge and turns a lane into ruts.

The soil across the Des Moines Lobe is thick, compact pebbly loam till, with sand and gravel along old meltwater channels. It is stony ground on the moraine ridges, and it moves when it is wet.

That shapes what you put down. A compacted roadstone base spreads the load and sheds the top water, while clean rock gives the water somewhere to go instead of sitting under the surface.

Compaction waits for the frost to come out and for 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.

Long winters and repeated freeze-thaw heave gravel drives and field entrances as the ground lets go in spring.

Delivery to Clive and the Surrounding Area

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 first.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site, so have the drop spot clear and reachable before it arrives. Clive sits in Polk County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Des Moines, Ankeny, Johnston, Altoona and Grimes.

Questions About Ordering in Clive

Do you supply contractors working in Clive?

Yes. Iowa Rock Supply sells bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and aggregates to contractors and homeowners in Clive and across Polk County.

You order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on site. Everything is sold in bulk, so a small repair and a full driveway base are ordered the same way.

Do you deliver Class A roadstone to Clive, IA?

Yes. Class A roadstone is crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is the base course for driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes.

Order it online at Class A Roadstone, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Order Base and Driveway Material in Clive

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, clean rock, limestone screenings, sand, black dirt and decorative stone to Clive and the surrounding Polk County area. For rebuilding a drive, bedding pavers or running drainage, order online by the ton or the yard and a truck will tip it on site.