Bulk Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Indiana

Indiana Rock Supply offers bulk gravel and aggregate delivery across Indiana, from the far north, where frost goes deepest, to the Ohio River, where it runs shallower. The base material most Indiana jobs start with is #53 stone. It is a dense graded crushed limestone with fines that packs hard under driveways, parking pads and slabs.

Materials Delivered Across Indiana

We stock the sizes Indiana crews ask for by name. The list below runs coarsest to finest, with what each size is good for.

#53 stone is the standard Indiana base. 53 in Section 904 of the Standard Specifications, so that is the size to order for base work here. It goes under pavers and slabs, on shed bases and on driveways. #73 stone is a finer dense graded size with fines and a smaller top size, and it is the usual pick for topping and resurfacing a drive or a shoulder. When Indiana suppliers say driveway stone, they mean material going on an existing drive or over a compacted #53 base.

For water, the clean coarse sizes do the work. Drain Rock handles French drains, foundation drains, downspout runs and wet spots on flat ground. #67 Stone covers drainage and concrete work at a slightly smaller size, and #89 Crushed Stone fits joints and tight bedding. Walkway Gravel gives paths a finer, walkable surface.

Sand, soil and mulch round out a load. Mason Sand is mortar sand for brick work, block work and paver joints. Washed Sand is concrete sand for leveling and bedding under slabs. Fill Dirt raises grade and fills low spots before a #53 base goes down, and Garden Soil fills raised beds.

Ground and Climate Across Indiana

Late spring through fall is the main base-work window across the state. Northern muck ground and central clay stay soft longest after the thaw. Southern river bottoms wait on winter and spring high water to drop before a truck can get in and out clean.

Soil changes a lot from one end of Indiana to the other, and so does what the ground needs under it. In the Lake Michigan shore, Calumet and Kankakee sand country, you get dune, beach ridge and old lake plain sand, wide sandy outwash and drained former marsh with pockets of muck. Frost runs among the deepest in Indiana there, and Lake County requires deck footings at least 36 inches down, with the local building department setting the figure.

The northern lakes and moraine country is rolling till ridges broken by sandy outwash, with kettle lakes, bogs and pockets of muck in the low spots. Frost is among the deeper depths in the state. Across the central and northeast till plain, the ground is dense glacial till, loamy clay in Central Indiana and heavier clay toward the northeast and on the old lake plain east of Fort Wayne. Frost is about 30 inches around Indianapolis, where the City of Lawrence requires footings at least 30 inches down, and the local building department sets the figure.

South-central hills and karst country is mostly unglaciated, with thin silty soils over sandstone and shale on steep ridges and red-brown clay over limestone on the karst plain, where sinkholes, caves and sinking streams are common. Frost is shallower than in northern Indiana, so do not assume a northern figure. The southeast flats and Ohio River hills carry older, thinner, more weathered till, with silty, slow-draining soils, many with a dense fragipan.

Erosion follows the same split. On the Lake Michigan shore it is storm-wave damage. On the till plain it is ditch and stream bank scour. In the southern hills it is gullies, landslides and sinkhole washouts.

Where We Deliver in Indiana

Indiana Rock Supply delivers across the state, from Northwest Indiana and Michiana through Northeast Indiana, Central Indiana and East Central Indiana, down through the Wabash Valley, South Central Indiana, Southwest Indiana, Southern Indiana and Southeast Indiana. That covers Marion County, Lake County, Allen County, Hamilton County, St. Joseph County, Elkhart County, Tippecanoe County, Hendricks County, Vanderburgh County, Porter County, Johnson County and Monroe County.

Lead time depends on the material, the size of the load and how busy the season is. Order early in spring if you are building a base, and plan around soft ground in the north and high water in the south. We deliver to the address you give us, so flag a soft drive, a low wire or a tight turn when you order.

How to Order and Size a Load

Order online and pick your material, your amount and your delivery address. You can order by the ton or by the yard. Tons are the usual choice for crushed stone and sand because weight is what a truck hauls. Yards work well for topsoil, mulch and fill, where you are thinking in volume.

To estimate quantity, measure the area and the depth you want, then convert. A materials calculator on the site does the math for you. For a driveway base, figure the compacted depth you actually need, not the loose depth you spread, because a dense graded stone like #53 compacts down. For drainage stone, order enough to fill the trench and wrap it in filter fabric so fines do not choke it.

Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in Indiana

Indiana Rock Supply covers Indiana with bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch, from the Lake Michigan shore down to the Ohio River. If your project needs #53 stone for a base, #8 stone for drainage or topsoil for a lawn, we can get it to your site. Pick your material, size your load and place your order online when you are ready to build.