Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Waukee, IA

Iowa Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Waukee, IA to the places that need it: new pads, raised grades, driveways and drainage. This is pothole country, where flat ground holds spring water until it is tiled or built up.

Class A roadstone is the base that answers it. Crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts under whatever you put on top.

Delivery to Waukee and the Surrounding Area

Order online. Pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and set a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want help sizing the load.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the address you give. From there it is your site, your schedule and your crew.

Iowa Rock Supply serves Waukee in Dallas County, plus West Des Moines, Urbandale, Perry, Adel and Dallas Center.

Materials for Waukee Projects

Start with the grade, not the surface. Ground here is thick, compact pebbly loam till, and an under-built base shows up fast as ruts and soft spots.

Fill dirt raises grade, fills low ground and backfills before a roadstone course goes down.

For a building pad or a lane that carries weight, Fill Dirt brings the level up, then Class A Roadstone caps it as a compacted base. That is the standard Iowa base course.

For a new drive or a soft spot, 1 Inch Roadstone is the coarser grade, laid under a finer surface course. Driveway Gravel tops a drive or lane that has thinned out, over a compacted roadstone base.

For a patio, Limestone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and dress a compacted roadstone base. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers.

For drainage, Clean Rock is washed and open graded, so water moves straight through. Use it for subdrains, pipe bedding and backfill behind retaining walls.

Ground and Conditions in Waukee

Waukee sits on the Des Moines Lobe, the youngest glacial ground in Iowa. Under the topsoil is 45 to 60 feet of compact pebbly loam till, with sand and gravel along old meltwater channels.

That till holds water. The drainage network across the Des Moines Lobe is young and inefficient, and kettles and closed depressions hold water until the ground is tiled.

Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface where the ground below is still frozen.

An under-built base on that ground pumps, ruts and loses its shape. Fill Dirt raises the pad above the wet layer, and Class A roadstone compacts into a base that carries the load instead of sinking into it.

Compaction waits for the frost to come out and the 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.

Questions About Waukee Orders

What is the best base under pavers in Waukee?

Class A roadstone, compacted, then Limestone Screenings for bedding. The roadstone is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and carries the load.

Screenings give you a fine, level bed for the pavers and fill the joints. On the Des Moines Lobe, raise the grade with Fill Dirt first where the ground stays wet.

Do you supply contractors working in Waukee?

Yes. Iowa Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and fill across Waukee and Dallas County, including West Des Moines, Urbandale, Perry, Adel and Dallas Center.

Contractors order online the same way homeowners do: pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or yard, and set a delivery date at checkout.

Order Class A Roadstone and Fill for Waukee

Class A roadstone is the base that holds up on this ground, and Fill Dirt gets the grade where it needs to be. Order online, size the load on the product page, and Iowa Rock Supply tips it on your Waukee site.