Large River Rock and Bulk Aggregates for Lee's Summit, MO

What holds a slope above a creek when the clay will not soak up the rain? For gravel and aggregate delivery in Lee's Summit, MO, that answer is coarse stone. Missouri Rock Supply delivers base rock, rip rap and drainage stone by the ton to sites across Jackson County.

Materials for Lee's Summit Projects

Storm water runs off the clay here fast, and it cuts into bare ground and creek banks. Coarse stone is how you slow that water down and hold the ground in place. The materials below run from the biggest armoring rock down to the fine washed sizes.

Start with rip rap on any bank or swale that takes fast water. It is the coarse stone that stays put when runoff hits it. For a swale that only needs to move water, #4 Crushed Stone gives you heavy open drainage with room for flow.

Where water needs to move underground, #57 Limestone is the washed 1 inch clean size crews use in French drains and septic fields. It has no fines, so water passes through instead of clogging the stone. Clean rock like this is never the right call under a driveway.

Driveways and pads take base rock, the dense-graded material this market calls Type 5 or Type 1 base. It compacts into a firm, load-bearing course. Top it with driveway gravel once the base is tight, or set pavers over screenings for a smooth, level bed.

Delivery to Lee's Summit and the Surrounding Area

You order online, pick your quantity by the ton or yard, and size the load with the calculator on each product page. Then choose a delivery date at checkout that fits your schedule. A dump truck brings the material to your site and drops it where you need it.

Missouri Rock Supply delivers across Lee's Summit and the rest of Jackson County, including Kansas City, Independence, Blue Springs, Grandview and Grain Valley. If your site sits in any of those areas, your load comes from the same bulk supply.

Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives. Coarse stone for a bank or swale is heavy, so keep the truck on firm, level ground and leave room for it to turn around.

Ground and Conditions in Lee's Summit

The ground here is clay, silty clay and sandy clay over dense, slow-draining subsoil. That clay soaks up little rain, so water runs off slopes fast and stands on flat ground. Through winter and early spring, water perches above the clay subsoil and the ground stays saturated.

Clay ground is often wet from winter into spring, so late spring through fall is the easier window for base and driveway work. That is also when bank and swale repairs go faster, because the ground is dry enough to shape and compact.

Winter here freezes and thaws the ground repeatedly. Footing depth is set by the local building code, and it runs deeper toward Kansas City than at the southern end of the zone. For a driveway or pad, the practical point is a base that drains and compacts, not one that traps water against the clay.

Order Coarse Stone and Bulk Aggregate for Lee's Summit

Missouri Rock Supply delivers rip rap, base rock and washed drainage stone across Lee's Summit and Jackson County. Pick your material, size the load with the calculator, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Order online when your site is ready for the truck.