Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Senatobia, MS

Mississippi Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Senatobia, MS for drives, pads, drainage runs and beds. If you are building a driveway or setting a patio base, 610 limestone is the material to start with.

This is the Loess Bluffs and Brown Loam belt, where silty ground sheds water fast and moves once it is wet. The right stone under a job matters here.

Materials for Senatobia Projects

Base and driveway work starts with 610 limestone, the crushed stone base Mississippi yards sell for compacting under drives, parking pads, shed pads and patio sub-base. Size No.

Where the ground is soft or the road is long and unpaved, clay gravel is the older Mississippi answer. It is pit gravel with enough clay and fines to bind and pack into a graded surface.

For surfacing an existing drive or topping a compacted base, driveway gravel gives you a finished wearing surface. Gravel has been the ordinary drive surface in this state for well over a century.

Washed Stone and Drainage

Clean stone is a different job from base. #57 limestone is the standard size for French drains, foundation drains and concrete aggregate.

One size down, #67 stone does the same drainage and concrete work in tighter spots. #8 crushed stone handles pipe bedding, paver joints and fine drainage.

Where a large clean stone is wanted for a trench bottom or a construction entrance, #4 crushed stone is the coarse end of the washed sizes. Drain rock covers French drains, drywells and downspout runs on ground that holds water.

Sand, Soil and Decorative Stone

Masonry sand is the brick, block and paver joint sand, sold here as mason sand. Washed sand is the clean bedding and levelling sand that goes under slabs and pavers.

For lawns and beds, top soil builds a workable layer over tight clay or washed-out ground. Garden soil is the raised bed and planting mix for ground that will not drain.

Natural Pea Gravel is rounded chert washed out of the pit gravels, used on walkways, play areas and decorative beds. River rock and large river rock handle borders, dry creek beds and heavier bank work.

Ground and Conditions in Senatobia

Across the Loess Bluffs and Brown Loam, the ground is wind-laid loess that weathers down to the brown loam the belt is named for. It is silty, easy to dig, and it will stand in a vertical cut and then fail without warning once it is wet.

Slopes in this belt are steep and dissected, so rain sheds fast into the ravines and carries the silt with it. Getting water off a drive and into a lined channel matters more than how deep the base goes.

Gullying is the signature problem here. Bare loess can cut into deep gullies in a single wet season, and slopes slump where the loess sits on clay.

That is why a clean, free-draining stone layer belongs at the edge of a drive or pad, and why a fines-bearing material is the wrong choice for a drainage run. RipRap is the heavy answer for a bank, a culvert outlet or a pond edge that is already moving.

Winters here are mild with brief shallow freezes, and repeated wetting and drying is what moves the ground rather than frost. Base and paver work runs nearly year round, with wet spells in late winter and early spring the main interruption.

Delivery to Senatobia and the Surrounding Area

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.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out.

Senatobia sits in Tate County, and delivery covers the surrounding part of the county, including Coldwater and Sarah. Bulk loads go out across the area on the date you choose.

Order Base, Stone and Fill for Your Senatobia Job

Driveways, parking pads, patio sub-base, drainage runs, raised beds and bank work all start with the right material under them. Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, clay gravel, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across Senatobia and Tate County.

Order online when you are ready.