Large River Rock, Stone and Soil Delivery in Scranton, IA

What holds a bank or a swale in place when the runoff comes? Coarse, angular stone that locks together and stays put.

Iowa Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Scranton, IA, from rip rap for bank armoring down to limestone screenings for bedding.

This is Des Moines Lobe ground, pebbly loam till with closed depressions that hold water. Class A roadstone is your compacted base for drives and pads; clean rock is what you put where water has to move.

Materials for Scranton Projects

Slope, swale and bank protection starts coarse. On the moraine ridges here, runoff concentrates and cuts, so the material at the outlet matters more than the material on the flat.

Riprap, sold locally as revetment stone and specified by class, is the answer where a bank is cutting. It is large and angular, so it stays where it is placed instead of washing downstream.

Clean rock is washed and open graded, which means water moves straight through it. Use it in subdrains, as pipe bedding, or as backfill behind a retaining wall.

Class A roadstone is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts. That makes it the base under a drive, a shed pad or a farm lane, with 1 inch roadstone underneath where the ground is soft or equipment is heavy.

Above the base, 3/8" Crushed Stone is sold here as washed chips: seal coat aggregate, paver joints and fine drainage. Limestone screenings bed the pavers themselves.

Delivery to Scranton and the Surrounding Area

Ordering happens online. You pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want a hand sizing the load.

At checkout you pick a delivery date. A dump truck then tips the load on your site in one pile.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers to Scranton and the rest of Greene County, including Jefferson, Grand Junction, Churdan, Paton and Rippey. Farm lanes, in-town drives and rural building sites all get the same bulk delivery.

Ground and Conditions in Scranton

Timing drives most of the work here. Across the Des Moines Lobe, 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. Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface while the ground below is still frozen, so a delivery date matters as much as the material.

The drainage network in this part of the state is young and inefficient. Kettles and closed depressions hold water, and most ground only drains because it is tiled, so ditch and tile outlet scour is common.

Erosion here is less about slope and more about concentrated runoff: washouts on the moraine ridges and bank cutting where water reaches a channel. That is where coarse, angular stone earns its place.

Repeated freeze and thaw heaves gravel drives, lanes and field entrances as the ground lets go in spring. Footing depth is set by the local building official.

Questions About Stone in Scranton

What stone should I use for drainage in Scranton?

Use clean rock, which is washed and open graded so water passes straight through it. It suits subdrains, drainage tile backfill, pipe bedding and the backfill behind a retaining wall.

For heavier flow, #4 crushed stone is the larger clean option, and #57 stone covers smaller drainage runs and subdrain backfill. Fines-bearing material like Class A roadstone compacts into a base rather than draining.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear spot where the pile can sit and where you can reach it with a shovel or a machine afterward. The truck tips the whole load in one pile.

Have your quantity settled before checkout and your delivery date chosen, and make sure the route in is passable for a loaded truck. Everything else is arranged when you place the order online.

Order Roadstone, Clean Rock and Riprap in Scranton

Iowa Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil to Scranton and the surrounding Greene County area. Pick your material, size the load on the product page, and choose your delivery date at checkout.

Order online when you are ready.