Large River Rock and Bulk Aggregates for Humphreys, MO

What do you order when runoff is cutting a gully across your drive or eating at a creek bank? For gravel and aggregate delivery in Humphreys, MO, Missouri Rock Supply stocks the coarse stone that holds ground in place. Start with base rock for the lane, then size your rip rap for the bank. Around here, water sits on tight clay subsoil from late fall into spring, so the grade you build now decides where that water goes.

Materials for Humphreys Projects

Erosion work runs on stone size. Coarse rock slows water and locks together on a slope, while fines and sand stay where they are placed. Order by the size the job needs, from the heaviest armor rock down to bedding material.

• RipRap is the armor grade for creek banks, pond dams, culvert outlets and slopes taking storm runoff. This is the stone that stays put when high water hits.
• #4 Crushed Stone handles heavy drainage, trench bottoms and construction entrances. The coarse open structure lets water move instead of pooling.
• #57 Limestone, sold locally as 1 inch clean, is washed stone with no fines. Use it in French drains, septic fields and behind retaining walls where water needs a clear path.
• Base Rock, also called type 5 base or type 1 base, is the standard Missouri base material for driveways, farm lanes and shed pads.
• Screenings are the fine crushed stone and dust left from crushing. They bed pavers and flagstone and top a path after the coarse work is done.

Delivery to Humphreys and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. The load arrives by dump truck and is placed where you point. Set the truck spot before the driver gets there, because a full load needs room to raise and dump.

Sullivan County orders run to Humphreys and out to Milan, Green City, Greencastle, Newtown and Harris. If your lane is soft, put the stone where the truck can reach it without sinking. Size the job with the calculator first so the load matches the work and nothing sits unused.

Ground and Conditions in Humphreys

This part of northern Missouri is silty loess laid over glacial clay till. The subsoil is dense and slow to drain, and flat ground holds water from late fall into spring. Runoff cuts rills and gullies in bare or freshly graded slopes, and high water scours creek and river banks.

That is why timing matters. Upland clay stays wet and soft into spring, so base and driveway work goes best from late spring into fall, between the wet season and the first hard freeze. Build your drainage stone and rip rap first, then bring in base rock once the ground firms up. The hardest winters in Missouri bring repeated freeze and thaw, and footing depth is set locally by the building code.

Order Coarse Stone for Humphreys Ground

Missouri Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, rip rap, base rock and drainage stone across Humphreys and Sullivan County. Line up your bank armor and drainage first, then the base course for the drive. Pick your material, set the quantity and choose a delivery date at checkout to get your order moving.