Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Scipio, IN

If you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Scipio, IN, Indiana Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton and drops it at your site. Contractors building drives and pads order the same #53 stone that homeowners order for a muddy lane. Flat ground here drains slowly, so what you put under a drive matters as much as what you spread on top.

Around Scipio, pick materials that suit the slow-draining Jennings County ground, and have a clear drop spot ready before the dump truck arrives.

Materials for Scipio Projects

Most jobs start with a base. Buyers here ask for #53 stone. It packs hard under a drive, a parking pad, a shed base, or pavers and slabs, and it is the standard Indiana base for good reason.

Over that base you have choices. Driveway stone is the usual surface, spread over compacted #53. When a drive is already solid and only wants a tighter skin, #73 stone is the finer dense graded option, with a smaller top size that packs smooth on drives, parking areas and shoulders.

Wet ground changes the plan. Where water sits, you want clean stone with no fines so it drains instead of holding moisture. That is where drain rock and #57 stone come in, for French drains, foundation drains and downspout runs.

Beyond drive work, we stock washed sand for bedding and leveling under slabs, mason sand for brick and block work and paver joints, and screenings for setting flagstone and pavers. For lawns and beds on thin, heavy ground, screened topsoil gives you something to grow in.

Ground and Conditions in Scipio

Start with where the water goes, because that decides how deep your base runs. This part of Indiana is glaciated long before the north, so the till is older, thinner and more weathered. Broad flats and valley lowlands carry silty, slow-draining soils, many with a dense fragipan underneath.

Water perches on those fragipan flats and sits in the lowlands through wet winters and springs. On steep hillsides along the Ohio and Whitewater rivers, runoff sheds fast into narrow valleys, and bare cuts wash out quickly. Some limestone valley edges have sinkholes.

In practice, that means clean drainage stone under anything that holds water, and a thicker compacted #53 base on soft ground. Winters here are milder than up north but still bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves gravel drives and softens clay subgrades. Frost depth runs shallower than northern Indiana, and the exact footing depth is set by the county or city building department, so do not assume a northern figure.

Timing your base work

Flat fragipan ground and valley lowlands stay wet through winter and spring. Base work runs best from late spring through fall, when the subgrade can be shaped and compacted instead of smeared. Low ground along the Ohio River can flood in the wet season, so plan around it.

Delivery to Scipio and the Surrounding Area

Order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck brings the material to your site. Bulk loads are heavy, so pick a drop point the driver can reach and turn around in. If the truck cannot get close, the stone lands where it can and you move it from there.

Have the area clear before the truck arrives. Move vehicles, mark sprinkler heads and buried lines, and open any gate the truck has to pass through. A tarped or covered pile is fine for most stone, but sand and topsoil are better placed where they will not wash.

We deliver across Jennings County, including North Vernon, Butlerville, Commiskey and Paris Crossing, as well as out to job sites in the surrounding countryside. If you are unsure how much a drive or pad will take, measure it and use the calculator to size the load in tons or yards.

Ordering Stone and Gravel for Your Scipio Project

Whether you are rebuilding a washed-out drive, setting a shed base, bedding pipe or armoring a ditch bank, we carry the base, washed stone, sand and soil the job calls for. Choose your material, work out the quantity, and place the order online. We will deliver it to your site in Scipio and across Jennings County.