1 Inch Roadstone and Bulk Aggregates for Peru, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Peru, IA, starting with Class A roadstone. That is the crushed limestone base course this market builds drives, parking pads and farm lanes on.

Peru sits in Madison County, on the Southern Iowa Drift Plain, where old till sits under a windblown loess mantle and water perches instead of soaking in.

Materials for Peru Projects

Water is the first thing to plan for on this ground. A driveway that holds up usually has a clean, open graded stone layer moving water away from the surface before anything finer goes on top.

Clean rock, also called clean stone and sold as 1 inch clean or 1 1/2 inch clean, is washed and open graded so water runs straight through it. Use it for French drains, drywells, downspout runs, subdrains and pipe bedding.

3/4 inch clean stone does the same work at a smaller size. It suits drive surfacing where a loose, free draining stone is wanted, plus trench backfill and pipe bedding.

For a base that binds, Class A roadstone is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it compacts into a firm layer under a drive, a shed base or a farm lane.

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

Limestone screenings, also called 3/8 inch minus screenings, bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and top dress a compacted roadstone base.

For decorative beds and dry creek beds, river rock and large river rock are rounded gravel washed out of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys.

• Clean Rock for French drains, drywells and downspout runs
• 3/4" Crushed Stone for free draining drive surfacing
• Class A Roadstone for compacted drive and pad bases
• 1 Inch Roadstone for a new drive or a soft spot
• Limestone Screenings for paver bedding and joints

Delivery to Peru 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 your material on site in one pile. Plan where that pile should sit before the truck arrives.

Delivery covers Peru and the rest of Madison County, including Winterset, Earlham, St. Charles, Truro and Patterson.

Ground and Conditions in Peru

This part of Iowa has the longest working season in the state. Even so, clay soils need to dry before anything gets compacted, so a wet spring can push base work back several weeks.

The subsoil here does not take water. It perches, runs off and leaves drives soft at the bottom of a grade, and spring rain on saturated clay is the worst of it.

This is also the most eroded landscape in Iowa. Streams cut deeply and heavy rain leaves rills, gullies and stream bank damage, which is why rock goes in on slopes and at culvert outlets.

Riprap, also called revetment stone, armors stream banks, pond edges and culvert outlets against that runoff. Clean rock and #57 stone handle the underground drainage.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw. Across the Southern Iowa Drift Plain, frost depth is commonly 42 inches, and the local building official sets footing depth.

Questions About Gravel in Peru

Do you deliver Class A roadstone to Peru, IA?

Yes. Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone to Peru and the surrounding Madison County area, including Winterset, Earlham, St.

Charles, Truro and Patterson. Order online, choose your quantity by the ton or yard, and select a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site.

What gravel is best for a driveway in Peru?

Class A roadstone is the standard base here. It is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a firm layer.

Where water needs to move, add clean rock or 3/4 inch clean stone for drainage, then top with roadstone or driveway gravel.

Order Aggregate Delivery in Peru

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch across Peru and Madison County. Pick your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.