Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Decatur, MS

Mississippi Rock Supply orders gravel and aggregate delivery in Decatur, MS online, with 610 limestone leading the list for anything that has to hold a paver patio or a slab. Work here runs nearly year round.

The clay is at its worst in a wet spell after a long dry summer, when it takes up water fastest. That timing shapes when a patio base goes in and when it should wait.

Ground and Conditions in Decatur

Decatur sits in Newton County, on ground across the Jackson Prairie and the Yazoo Clay belt. The soil is alkaline, calcareous clay over the Yazoo Clay, the state's best known expansive clay.

That clay lifts when it takes up water and pulls down as it dries. The movement is almost never even across a slab or a drive.

A patio or a walk set on a base that is too thin shows it first at the joints. The pavers rock, the lines open, and the surface shifts with the season.

The fix is a base that spreads the load and holds its grade as moisture moves underneath. Keeping soil moisture steady is the whole job.

Water that gets under a slab or pavement through an open joint or a downspout causes more damage than a wet season does. Grading water away and keeping it away comes before any surface material.

Slumping is the other half of it. Where the clay has been cut or loaded, roadway edges drop away after water gets underneath, and sand or silt sitting on top of the clay can slide where water perches at the contact.

Materials for Decatur Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice shows up fastest. The bedding layer sets the surface, carries the load down, and decides how the joints behave through a shrink-swell season.

610 Limestone, also called 610, is the crushed limestone base this market specifies by name. Size No.

Stone Screenings go directly under pavers and flagstone.

Masonry Sand, sold locally as mason sand, beds brick and block work and paver joints. Washed Sand, or river sand, is the clean sand for bedding and levelling under slabs and pavers.

Clay Gravel, called pit gravel, is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines to bind and pack. It is a long-standing Mississippi drive and farm-road material where a graded, compacting surface is wanted over soft ground.

Where a patio has to drain instead of hold, clean stone does the work.

Delivery to Decatur and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Choosing between the two is the first decision, and it depends on how the material is sold for your use.

Each product page has a calculator. It is there to size the load before you check out, so the quantity matches the area you are covering.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Bulk delivery reaches Decatur and the rest of Newton County, including Newton, Conehatta, Hickory, Chunky and Lawrence.

Questions About Gravel in Decatur

What gravel is best for a driveway in Decatur?

610 limestone is the base to start from for a drive or a parking pad. Size No.

Clay gravel, or pit gravel, works where you want a graded surface that binds over soft ground.

For a clean, free-draining layer, #57 limestone is the size to use.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator you can use to size the load before you check out.

Measure the area you are covering and let the calculator return the quantity, then pick your delivery date at checkout and a truck will tip the load on site.

Order Aggregates for Your Decatur Patio

Start with the calculator on the product page for the material you want, then set your quantity in tons or yards. Mississippi Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Decatur and Newton County.

Place your order online when the numbers are ready.