Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Cresco, IA

Iowa Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Cresco, IA, from Class A roadstone for a farm lane to black dirt for a lawn that never quite came back. Everything is ordered online and tipped on site by dump truck.

Howard County sits on the Iowan Surface, where loamy glacial till and a patchy loess cover sit over shallow limestone. That ground shapes what you put on top of it.

Materials for Cresco Projects

Grading and bed prep start below the surface, so the soil products carry a lot of the work here. Screened black dirt, which Iowa yards call black dirt, rebuilds a lawn after grading or trenching.

It spreads and rakes into a seedbed over rough ground.

Top Soil is the screened product for lawn repair, grading and bed prep. Garden Soil is blended richer for raised beds and vegetable plots.

Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills low ground before a roadstone course goes down.

Once the grade is set, the base family takes over. Class A roadstone is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes.

1 Inch Roadstone is the coarser grade for a new drive, a soft spot or a lane that carries heavy equipment.

Washed stone is the open graded side of the yard. Clean rock goes into subdrains, drainage tile backfill, pipe bedding and behind retaining walls, because water moves straight through it.

3/4" Crushed Stone surfaces a drive where a loose, free draining stone is wanted.

Sand and decorative round out a load. Mason Sand mixes brick and block mortar and fills paver joints.

Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and patio bedding.

Ground and Conditions in Cresco

Start with where the water goes. Across the Iowan Surface, drainage networks are well established but stream gradients are low, so water moves slowly and old wetland pockets still hold it.

Groundwater can also sit close to the surface.

That matters for anything you build. A low spot that stays soft needs a drainage layer of clean rock before a roadstone base goes over it, or the base pumps and rut.

On higher ground the same roadstone compacts and stays put.

Spring runoff concentrates on the long, low slopes and cuts gullies where it gathers. Riprap armors culvert outlets, pond edges and stream banks against that scour, and it is the right call where a slope keeps washing out.

Work starts once frost is out and the low ground has drained, and runs to the fall freeze. Low spots stay soft well after the uplands are ready, so timing a soil or base order around that window saves rework.

Delivery to Cresco and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out and no overhead wires in the way.

Order online by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers across Cresco and Howard County, including Elma, Lime Springs and Chester.

Order Roadstone, Soil and Sand in Cresco

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, clean rock, limestone screenings, sand, black dirt, garden soil and fill dirt to Cresco and Howard County. For rebuilding a drive, bedding pavers, grading a yard or prepping a garden bed, order online and a truck brings it to your site.