Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Hattiesburg, MS

If you are planning a driveway, a patio base or a drainage run, gravel and aggregate delivery in Hattiesburg, MS starts with the right material. Mississippi Rock Supply sells 610 limestone, the crushed stone base this market specifies by that name, along with sand, soil and decorative rock.

Ground here is sandy on top and tight a few feet down, so what you put under a slab or a drive matters as much as what you put on it.

Materials for Hattiesburg Projects

Grading and bed prep come before anything hard goes down. That work takes soil, fill and a base course that will hold its shape once it is compacted.

Top Soil builds a workable layer over tight clay or ground that has washed out, and it is the starting point for a lawn or a planting bed. Garden Soil goes into raised beds and planting areas where the native soil will not drain.

Fill Dirt raises grade and fills low spots, building up a pad before a base course goes down. It is the material for shaping the site, not for surfacing it.

For the base itself, 610 limestone is a compacting crushed stone course used under driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and patio sub-base. 610 Limestone packs down and stays put once it is in place.

Where the ground is soft and you want a graded surface that binds, Clay Gravel is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines in it to pack. It has been the ordinary drive and farm-road material in Mississippi for a long time.

Washed stone handles water. #57 Limestone and #67 Stone are clean, free-draining sizes for French drains, foundation drains and concrete aggregate.

#8 Crushed Stone goes finer, for pipe bedding and paver joints.

Sand and decorative rock finish the job. Masonry Sand beds brick and block and fills paver joints, and Washed Sand levels under slabs and pavers.

Natural Pea Gravel is rounded chert washed out of the pit gravels, and it suits walkways, play areas and decorative beds.

Ground and Conditions in Hattiesburg

Rain is the driver here. This part of the state gets high rainfall, including tropical systems moving inland late in summer, and the water has to go somewhere.

The surface across the Piney Woods and Southern Pine Hills is often loose and free draining sand and gravel over tight clay and sand at depth. Water soaks in, meets the clay and runs sideways.

That sideways movement is what takes material off the crown of a drive and softens the ground at the toe of a grade. A clean drainage layer under the edge of the work gives that water a path instead of a place to sit.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Sand and gravel wash off drives on grade, cleared slopes gully, and banks scour after heavy rain.

Rip rap and larger stone armour those edges where water concentrates.

Frost is not the problem in Mississippi. Freezes are brief and shallow with no meaningful frost heave, and the state leaves the frost line depth blank in the residential code table for each jurisdiction to fill in.

Shrink-swell clay, standing water and drainage are the things that move a slab or rut a drive.

Work runs nearly year round. The heaviest rainfall and tropical systems late in summer are the interruption, not the cold.

Delivery to Hattiesburg and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile at the address you give at checkout. Have the spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

Hattiesburg sits in Lamar County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Sumrall, Purvis and Lumberton.

Questions About Ordering in Hattiesburg

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Hattiesburg?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose the amount when you place the order online.

Each product page carries a calculator you can use to size the load. Pick a delivery date at checkout and the truck brings it to your site.

What stone should I use for drainage in Hattiesburg?

Clean, free-draining stone is what a drain needs, and #57 limestone is the standard size for French drains and foundation drains. #67 stone works one size down, and #8 crushed stone suits pipe bedding and tighter spots.

Drain rock covers drywells and downspout runs where ground holds water.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone in Hattiesburg

Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, clay gravel, washed stone, sand, topsoil, garden soil and fill to Hattiesburg and the surrounding area. For building a pad, bedding a patio or running a drain, the material is here.

Order online and the truck brings it to your site.