Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Moorhead, IA

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Moorhead, IA runs on the working season. Hill work waits for the silt to dry, and bottomland work waits for the spring rise to pass.

Both run from the thaw into late fall.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, crushed limestone, sand and soil to Monona County. Order online and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Materials for Moorhead Projects

Grading and bed prep start below the surface. Fill dirt raises grade, fills low ground and backfills before a roadstone course goes down.

Screened black dirt, the local name for screened topsoil, finishes lawns and beds after the grade is set.

Garden soil is blended richer than plain black dirt for raised beds and vegetable plots. Shredded hardwood mulch holds moisture through a dry Iowa August.

Base material comes next. Class A roadstone is the standard Iowa base course: crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes. One inch roadstone is the coarser grade for a new drive or a lane that carries heavy equipment, laid under a finer surface course.

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

Use it for subdrains, pipe bedding, septic rock and backfill behind retaining walls. Limestone screenings bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and top dress a compacted roadstone base.

Sand covers bedding and mortar. Washed sand beds and levels slabs and pavers.

Mason sand mixes brick and block mortar and fills paver joints.

Decorative stone finishes the yard. River rock and large river rock build dry creek beds and borders.

Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways and play areas.

Ground and Conditions in Moorhead

Across the Loess Hills and the Missouri River valley, water is the driver. Rain, snowmelt and spring storms all have to go somewhere, and the ground decides how fast.

On the hills, a dense network of narrow ravines and steep gullies sheds water fast. Loess erodes as almost nothing else does.

It stands in near vertical faces when dry, cuts deep gullies under runoff, and collapses when it gets saturated.

On the bottoms, flat ground with a high water table and river flooding is the constraint. That is why bottomland drives get built up on rock.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves drives and loosens the silt faces of cuts and banks as the ground thaws. The local building official sets footing depth.

Delivery to Moorhead and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives on a dump truck and tips in one pile on your site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Order online. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers to Moorhead and other Monona County towns, including Onawa, Mapleton, Whiting, Ute and Blencoe.

Order Rock, Sand and Soil in Moorhead

Iowa Rock Supply serves grading, bed prep, driveways, drainage and decorative work in Moorhead. Fill dirt, black dirt, garden soil, roadstone and washed stone are all available by the ton or yard.

Order online and a truck tips the load on site.