Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Palmer, IA

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Palmer, IA runs on the working season. Compaction waits for the frost to come out and for the flat ground to shed its spring water.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, limestone screenings and washed stone to Palmer and the rest of Pocahontas County.

This is pothole country on the Des Moines Lobe. The drainage network is young and inefficient, and most ground only drains because it is tiled.

That shapes what you put on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Palmer

The ground here is thick, compact pebbly loam till, 45 to 60 feet deep, with sand and gravel along old meltwater channels. On the moraine ridges it turns hummocky and stony.

Water moves slowly through it.

A thin base course fails first at the edges and in the low spots. The fines wash out, the stone loosens, and the surface starts to rut where runoff sits.

The fix is a roadstone base with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a surface that sheds water instead of holding it.

Kettles and closed depressions hold water after snowmelt and spring rain, especially where the ground below is still frozen. Anywhere runoff concentrates, ditch and tile outlet scour shows up.

Riprap at a culvert outlet or a pond edge takes that energy instead of the soil.

Base and paver work runs from late spring to the fall freeze, and a wet spring shortens that window. Winters are long and cold, with repeated freeze-thaw that heaves gravel drives, lanes and field entrances as the ground lets go.

Frost depth is commonly 42 inches, and the local building official sets footing depth.

Materials for Palmer Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways. Limestone screenings, also called 3/8 inch minus screenings, are the fines from crushing.

They bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints, and dress the top of a compacted roadstone base.

Limestone Screenings pack tight underfoot and give a path a firm, walkable surface. Walkway Gravel is the other path option, a finer surface than drive rock for garden paths and walkways.

Under either one, Class A Roadstone is the standard Iowa base course: 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in. It goes 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, laid under a finer surface course.

For drainage, Clean Rock is washed and open graded, so water moves straight through. It backfills subdrains and drainage tile, beds pipe, and sits behind retaining walls.

3/8" Crushed Stone, sold as washed chips, handles seal coat aggregate, paver joints and a thin top dressing.

Around the yard, Top Soil covers lawn repair, grading and bed prep, and Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds and tree rings through a dry August.

Delivery to Palmer 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 it on site in one pile.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers to Palmer and to Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, Fonda and Havelock in the same county. Palmer sits in Pocahontas County, and delivery covers the surrounding area.

Order Your Aggregate Delivery in Palmer

Start with the quantity. Each product page has a calculator, and you can order by the ton or by the yard.

Choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load at your site in Palmer. Iowa Rock Supply delivers across Pocahontas County.