Bulk Aggregates for Drainage in Indianola, MS

If you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Indianola, MS, start by sizing the load on the calculator, then pick the material. Mississippi Rock Supply sells bulk stone, sand and soil by the ton or by the yard.

For a compacted drive or pad, 610 limestone is the base this market specifies.

Delta ground holds water, so drainage stone matters as much as base stone. Here is what each size does and where it belongs.

Materials for Indianola Projects

Water that stands on flat ground has to go somewhere. Washed stone gives it a place to collect and a path out, whether that is a French drain along a foundation, a drywell in a low corner, or a downspout run carrying roof water away from the slab.

Coarse washed stone goes in first. #4 Crushed Stone is large and clean, so it moves water fast in trench bottoms and at construction entrances.

Railroad Ballast is heavier still and suits hard standing and severe drainage where the ground stays soft.

Then the drain sizes. #57 Limestone is the standard for French drains, foundation drains and concrete aggregate.

#67 Stone is one size down and does the same work in tighter trenches. #8 Crushed Stone handles fine drainage, pipe bedding and paver joints.

At the fine end, #89 Crushed Stone beds tight pipe and fills narrow joints. Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and top a compacted base.

Drain Rock covers French drains, drywells and downspout runs on ground that holds water.

For a surface that packs, 610 limestone and clay gravel both work, and they behave differently. One is graded crushed stone, the other is pit gravel with enough clay and fines to bind.

Pick by what sits under the drive.

Sand, soil and mulch round out a job. Top Soil builds a workable layer over tight clay, and Garden Soil fills raised beds where the native ground will not drain.

For decorative work, Natural Pea Gravel is rounded chert washed out of the pit gravels, not crushed stone, which makes it easy underfoot on walkways and play areas. River Rock and Large River Rock suit beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Delivery to Indianola and the Surrounding Area

Mississippi Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Sunflower County, including Indianola and the surrounding area. Ruleville, Drew, Moorhead, Sunflower and Inverness are all inside the same coverage.

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit.

You choose your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at the site.

Have the drop spot clear when the truck arrives. A pile of 610 limestone or drain rock needs room, and a drive that is soft after rain may not carry a loaded truck to the exact spot you had in mind.

Ground and Conditions in Indianola

Indianola sits on Delta ground, and that shapes what you order. Deep alluvial silt, silt loam and heavy clay lie across this part of the state, with sand and gravel buried well below the surface rather than at it.

Backswamp ground is gray to black clay that swells wet and cracks dry.

The practical problem is fall. Ground here is flat with almost no slope, and the clay subsoil takes water slowly, so water stands instead of running off.

A drive on this ground wants a built-up, crowned base rather than a deeper one, and drainage stone at the low edges and outlets.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Sheet flow crosses flat fields, banks cave along the rivers and bayous, and floodwater cuts at drive edges and culvert outlets.

Rip rap at those points protects the bank and the outlet where moving water does its damage.

Timing is mostly about water, not cold. Work runs nearly year round here, and the real limits are saturated ground in late winter and early spring and heavy rain.

Freezes are short and shallow, so frost heave is not what breaks a Delta drive. The ground moving as saturated clay dries and wets again is.

Questions About Gravel and Delivery in Indianola

Do you deliver 610 limestone to Indianola, MS?

Yes. Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone and the rest of its bulk aggregate line to Indianola and across Sunflower County.

Order online, choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout. The truck tips the load on site in one pile.

Have the drop spot clear and firm enough for a loaded truck to reach it.

What gravel is best for a driveway in Indianola?

Start with 610 limestone as the compacting base. Size No.

Where the ground is soft, clay gravel binds and packs because it carries clay and fines.

Finish with driveway gravel over a compacted base, and put clean washed stone at the wet edges.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Indianola Job

Mississippi Rock Supply covers Indianola and the rest of Sunflower County with bulk stone, sand, soil and mulch, sold by the ton or by the yard. Size the load on the calculator, choose your material, and set a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online when you are ready.