Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Mooreville, MS

Planning gravel and aggregate delivery in Mooreville, MS comes down to timing. Prairie clay here can stay too wet to compact for weeks after a heavy winter rain, so a load dropped at the wrong moment sits until the ground dries.

Mississippi Rock Supply sells bulk material online and delivers it across Lee County. Start with 610 limestone for anything that has to carry weight, and build the rest of the order around it.

Materials for Mooreville Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where most Mooreville work begins. Size No.

610 Limestone goes down under driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and patio sub-base. It binds and packs into a firm, graded surface.

Where the ground is soft and you want a surface that knits together, Clay Gravel is the long-standing Mississippi choice. It is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines in it to bind and pack on farm roads and drives.

For a finished drive surface over a compacted base, Driveway Gravel tops the work. Walkway Gravel does the same job at a finer, walkable scale on garden paths.

Drainage is the other half of the job.

#67 Stone is one size down and suits the same drainage and concrete work.

#8 Crushed Stone handles fine drainage, pipe bedding and paver joints. #89 Crushed Stone is a small washed stone for tight bedding and joints.

Sand and soil round out the order. Masonry Sand covers brick and block work, paver joints and play sand.

Top Soil builds a workable layer for lawns and beds over tight clay.

Garden Soil fills raised beds and planting areas where native ground will not drain. Fill Dirt raises grade and builds up a pad before a base course goes down.

Decorative material finishes the yard. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded chert washed out of the pit gravels, used on walkways, play areas and beds.

River Rock fills borders and dry creek beds, and RipRap armours banks, culvert outlets and pond edges.

Ground and Conditions in Mooreville

The Black Prairie is dark, fine clay formed on chalk and marl. It shrinks and cracks open when dry, swells when wet, and turns to grease after rain.

Ground across this part of the state is flat to gently undulating, and that clay takes water very slowly. Water stands, the clay softens, and a thin base simply disappears into it.

That changes how you build. Depth of base and a separation layer matter more here than they would on sandy ground.

Chalk also sits close to the surface in places, so the ground under a pad is not always what it looks like.

Erosion on this ground is slow sheet flow and rutting rather than deep gullying. Low-gradient prairie streams slough at the banks, and clay slumps wherever a slope is cut.

Movement here comes from the clay taking up and giving off water, not from frost. Mississippi leaves the frost line depth blank in the residential code table for each jurisdiction to fill in, and sets a minimum exterior footing depth of 12 inches.

Work runs nearly year-round. The exception is a wet winter, when prairie clay can stay too wet to compact for weeks.

Delivery to Mooreville and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped on site in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Ordering runs online. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. Mooreville sits in Lee County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Tupelo, Saltillo, Guntown, Shannon and Plantersville.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Mooreville Project

Driveways, parking pads, building pads, drainage runs, garden beds and bank work all start with the right material. Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, clay gravel, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock across Mooreville and Lee County.

Order online when you are ready.