Rip Rap, Stone and Soil Delivery in Madison, MS

Mississippi Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Madison, MS, from 610 limestone for a compacted base to rip rap for a failing bank. This part of the state sits on alkaline, calcareous clay over the Yazoo Clay, and that clay moves as it takes up and loses water.

What that means for you is simple: the base under a drive or pad carries the load, so it is the first thing to get right. Pick the wrong size stone for the job and the ground will show you.

Materials for Madison Projects

Start coarse when the problem is water on a slope, in a swale or along a bank. The largest stone here is built to hold ground in place rather than to be walked or driven on.

RipRap is the heavy option for bank armouring, culvert outlets, pond edges and slope protection. Railroad Ballast takes that further, a very coarse stone for hard standing, track beds and severe drainage where nothing finer will hold.

For a dry creek bed or a drainage swale, Large River Rock moves water and looks deliberate doing it. River Rock handles the lighter decorative beds, borders and smaller dry runs.

Step down a size and you get the clean, free-draining stone that keeps water moving. #57 Limestone is the standard choice for French drains, foundation drains and drive surfacing where you want stone that will not hold water.

#4 Crushed Stone suits trench bottoms and construction entrances. Drain Rock is the general pick for French drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs on ground that holds water, which describes a lot of this clay.

When you need a compacted surface rather than drainage, 610 Limestone is the local base. Size No.

Clay Gravel is the older Mississippi answer, pit gravel with enough clay and fines to bind and pack over soft ground.

Finer stone finishes the job. Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and fill the joints between them.

3/8" Crushed Stone works for fine drainage, pipe bedding and a thin topping over a compacted base.

Sand, soil and mulch round out a delivery. Masonry Sand goes into brick and block work and paver joints.

Top Soil builds a workable layer over tight clay or ground that has washed out, and Shredded Mulch holds beds and tree rings together through heavy summer rain.

Delivery to Madison and the Surrounding Area

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

A dump truck tips the material on site in one pile, so it helps to have the spot clear and reachable before it arrives. Delivery covers Madison and the rest of Madison County, including Ridgeland, Canton, Flora and Camden.

Ground and Conditions in Madison

Work around here runs nearly year round, so timing is mostly about the weather you get. The clay is at its worst in a wet spell after a long dry summer, when it takes up water fastest and moves the most.

Keeping soil moisture steady is the whole job on the Jackson Prairie and the Yazoo Clay belt. Water that gets under a slab or pavement through an open joint, a downspout or a leaking line causes more damage than a wet season does, so grading water away and keeping it away comes first.

That is also why the clay lifts when it takes up water and pulls down as it dries, and the movement is rarely even across a slab or a drive. Where the clay has been cut or loaded, banks slump, and slopes fail.

Water perches at the contact where sand and silt sit on top of the clay, and roadway edges drop away once water gets underneath. Coarse, clean stone placed at a slope, a swale or a bank is how you slow that down.

Order Gravel and Stone Delivery in Madison

Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, drainage stone, rip rap, sand and soil across Madison and Madison County, including Ridgeland, Canton, Flora and Camden. Choose your material, set the quantity, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and we will get a truck out to your site.