What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone is angular, with broken faces that interlock and lock a surface in place when it is compacted. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and mostly uncrushed, so it stays loose and shifts underfoot.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Order by the ton when the job is about compaction and depth, which covers most base, drive and drainage work. Stone and sand are weighed that way, so the math lines up with how much material actually goes down. Use yards when you have already measured a volume, such as a raised bed or a trench.

Which stone is best for drainage in Vermillion County?

Clean coarse stone is what drains. #57 stone and #8 stone both work well in French drains, underdrains and pipe bedding, and drain rock handles foundation drains and wet spots on flat ground where water has nowhere to go. Avoid dense graded material in a drainage run.

Crushed Stone and Sand, Vermillion County, IN

What do you order for a drive, a pad or a drainage run in Vermillion County? Most jobs here start with #53 stone, the dense graded base that Indiana suppliers and crews know by that name. Indiana Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Vermillion County, IN, plus sand, soil and mulch, all sold in bulk by the ton.

The ground is dense glacial till with heavy clay, and it stays wet into spring. That is the reason base depth and drainage get decided before anything gets dumped.

Materials Delivered in Vermillion County

Order by size. Coarse stone goes at the bottom for drainage and heavy loads, finer dense graded stone packs into a base, and the smallest sizes finish a surface or bed a paver.

Start with #53 Stone when you need a base that compacts. Indiana specifies it as No. 53 in Section 904 of the Standard Specifications, a dense graded compacted aggregate with fines.

Above that base, order Driveway Gravel to top an existing drive or dress a compacted #53 layer. For drainage, Drain Rock and #57 Stone keep water moving, while RipRap armors ditch banks and culvert outlets. Beds and borders take River Rock, and Top Soil rebuilds ground that is thin or rocky.

Ground Conditions Across Vermillion County

Vermillion County sits on the central and northeast till plain: a flat to gently rolling sheet of dense glacial till, loamy clay through the middle of the state and heavier clay toward the northeast. Sand and gravel outwash runs along the larger river valleys.

That clay is the whole story for timing and depth. Late winter and spring rain falls on flat, naturally poorly drained till where water has no easy outlet, which is why so much of this farmland relies on tile drainage. A drive built on saturated clay in March will rut and pump no matter how much stone you put on it.

Plan around the working season. Base and driveway work runs best from late spring, once the saturated clay dries out, through fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter months, so stone spread then never locks in.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, which heaves and ruts gravel drives on wet clay and softens the subgrade every spring. Frost depth runs about 30 inches in the Indianapolis area, where the City of Lawrence requires footings at least 30 inches down, and deeper local requirements are possible toward the north. Your local building department sets the figure, so confirm it before you dig.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Ditch and stream banks scour after heavy rain on the flat ground, and the steeper valley walls along the Wabash wash and slump. Riprap and clean coarse stone handle those banks; a fine dense graded material will not.

Delivery Across Vermillion County

Order online and we deliver bulk loads across the county, including Clinton, Cayuga, Dana, Perrysville and Hillsdale. Coverage reaches the surrounding county roads and the small towns between them.

Size the load before you order. Stone and sand are usually figured by the ton, since that is how the material is weighed and how compaction and depth math work. Yards are useful when you are matching a volume you already measured, such as a raised bed or a footing trench.

Lead time depends on the material and the season. Order base stone before the spring rush if you want it on site when the ground dries. If you are unsure how much you need, measure the length, width and depth of the area and use the calculator to convert it.

Choosing the Right Material

Ground changes fast across county lines, and so does the right order. Vigo County to the south sits in the Wabash Valley on the southwest Wabash and Ohio lowlands: broad flat river valleys, old lake-bed flats of silt and clay, low loess-covered hills, and sandy dune ridges beside the rivers.

Fountain and Warren counties share this county's ground zone, the central and northeast till plain. The ground is similar, so the comparison is really about the project: a farm lane, a pole barn pad and a residential drive all take #53 stone at different depths, and the clay under them behaves the same way.

One rule carries across all of it. Match the stone to the job, not to the nearest pile: dense graded for anything that has to pack, clean coarse for anything that has to drain.

Ordering Stone and Aggregate in Vermillion County

Indiana Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch across Vermillion County, from Clinton and Cayuga to Dana, Perrysville and Hillsdale. Match the stone size and the depth to the job and the ground before you order. Order online when you are ready and we will get your load on the way.

Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Vermillion County, IN