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

Crushed stone is angular and mechanically crushed, so it locks together and compacts into a base. Natural Pea Gravel is small rounded stone that stays loose and lets water move through it. Use crushed stone under drives, pads and pavers, and Natural Pea Gravel for walkways, play areas, pipe bedding and drainage.

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

Either works. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page carries a calculator you can use to size the load before checkout. Once you have your quantity, choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Which stone is best for drainage in Dixon County?

Clean, open-graded stone is what drainage needs, because water has to move through it. 3/4 inch crushed stone and 1 inch clean rock both work in drainage beds, and drain rock suits French drains, drywells, foundation drains and downspout runs. Riprap armors banks and culvert outlets against runoff and scour.

Dixon County Crushed Rock and Gravel Delivery, NE

Nebraska Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Dixon County, NE. Crushed rock is the base material most of this ground is built on.

Each product page carries a calculator, so you can size a load before you order.

This is Dissected Till Plains and Missouri River bluffs country. Deep windblown loess sits over glacial till, and that loess stands hard and almost vertical when dry, then loses its grip once it is soaked.

Delivery across Dixon County

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site.

Coverage runs across the county, including Wakefield, Ponca, Emerson, Allen, Newcastle, Concord, Dixon, Waterbury and Maskell. Put the delivery point where you want the pile to land, because the truck tips it in one pile and the driver takes no instruction.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. The calculator on each product page is there to help you size the load before checkout.

Materials delivered in Dixon County

Crushed rock is the standard Nebraska base material.

Locally you will also hear it called crushed limestone or crushed rock base.

It goes down as driveway and parking base, shed and slab bases, and the compacted layer under pavers. Order Crushed Rock Base for that work.

Crusher run, also called crush and run or 3/4 inch minus, is a graded mix with fines that binds and compacts tight. It suits drives, pads and base work where you want that bind.

Order Crusher Run.

Road gravel, or surface gravel, is the graded gravel that goes on top of a drive, farm lane or county road surface. Nebraska yards and road departments say road gravel rather than driveway gravel.

Order Driveway Gravel.

Topsoil, sold as black dirt as often as not, is for lawns, grading and bed preparation. Order Top Soil for that.

Platte River sand, also called concrete sand or washed sand, is for concrete work and for bedding and leveling under slabs and pavers.

Ground conditions across Dixon County

Base, drive and paver work runs from the spring thaw through late autumn. The wettest weeks are usually in May and June, and frozen ground and snow stop compaction in winter.

Silty loess and clay-rich till shed water rather than take it in. A drive or pad that is not drained holds water, so plan a drainage layer of clean stone where water sits.

Heavy thunderstorms run off the dissected bluffs fast. That drives gullies and slumping cut slopes in loess, bank scour on river banks after heavy rain, and sheet erosion wherever bare silt is left open.

Cold winters bring repeated freezing and thawing, and frost heave shows up in gravel drives, lanes and unpaved parking through the spring thaw.

Frost depth is commonly 42 to 48 inches, and the city or county building department sets the figure, because the Nebraska residential code leaves the frost line depth blank for the jurisdiction to fill in.

Choosing the right material

Dakota County, Wayne County and Cedar County all sit on the same Dissected Till Plains and Missouri River bluffs ground as Dixon County. Deep windblown loess over pre-Illinoian glacial till, cut into rolling and steeply dissected ground, with clay and stony till below.

Because the ground is the same, the material choice is the same. Loess stands hard and almost vertical when dry and loses its grip once it is soaked, so drainage and slope protection matter on all of it.

For a compacted base under a drive, pad or paver layer, crushed rock and crusher run are the graded, fines-bearing choices. For drainage, clean stone lets water through: 3/4 inch rock, 1 inch clean rock and drain rock all work in a drainage bed.

For slope and bank protection, riprap is the angular stone that armors against runoff and scour. For bedding and joint filling, screenings and mason sand are the fine materials.

Order bulk gravel and stone for your Dixon County site

Nebraska Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and aggregates across Dixon County, from Wakefield and Ponca to Emerson, Allen, Newcastle, Concord, Dixon, Waterbury and Maskell. Choose your material, size the load, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and a dump truck will tip it on site.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Dixon County, NE