Stone Screenings for Pathways in Soso, MS

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Soso, MS online, by the ton or by the yard. Mississippi Rock Supply drops bulk loads for drives, pads, drainage and beds.

Start with 610 limestone, the compacting base this market specifies by name. Then pick your surface, whether that is screenings on a garden path or washed stone around a foundation.

Ground and Conditions in Soso

Across the Piney Woods and Southern Pine Hills, sandy and gravelly Citronelle caps sit over tight Miocene clay and sand at depth. The surface stays loose and free draining.

A few feet down, the ground stops taking water.

Rain soaks in fast, meets that clay and runs sideways. A thin base shows the result first: material walks off the crown, and the toe of a grade softens under the truck tires.

The fix is a base that binds and a clean drainage layer under it. 610 limestone compacts into a graded course that holds its shape.

Below it, open stone gives the water somewhere to go instead of sitting on the clay.

Work runs nearly year round here. The heaviest rain and tropical systems late in summer interrupt the schedule more than cold does.

Freezes are brief and shallow, with no meaningful frost heave to design around.

Materials for Soso Projects

Fines and screenings carry the paths and walkways here. Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, fill the joints between them, and top a compacted base with a fine, walkable surface.

Screenings pack tight underfoot. On a garden path or a walkway between beds, that fine, binding surface is what keeps the route firm through a wet Mississippi summer.

Walkway Gravel gives paths a finer, walkable surface than drive gravel. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded chert washed out of the pit gravels, not crushed stone, and suits play areas and decorative beds.

Under the paths, the base matters.

Where a path crosses soft ground, Clay Gravel binds and packs. It is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines in it to hold a graded surface over ground that will not carry a load on its own.

For drainage, #57 Limestone is the clean, free-draining size for French drains and foundation drains. #8 Crushed Stone handles pipe bedding and paver joints.

Delivery to Soso and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever suits how you measured the job. Each product page has a calculator to size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give, and that is the whole of it.

Soso sits in Jones County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Laurel, Ellisville, Ovett and Moselle. Order online and the truck brings the material to the site.

Questions About Ordering in Soso

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for a dump truck to back in and tip. The load comes off in one pile, so pick a spot that keeps the material out of the way of the work.

Make sure the ground under that spot will hold the weight, especially after rain.

What is the best base under pavers in Soso?

610 limestone is the compacting base this market specifies for paver work. It goes down as a graded crushed stone course and takes the load off the soil below.

Bed the pavers themselves in stone screenings, which fill the joints and give a firm, even surface across the path.

Size Your Path Load and Order

Measure the path or pad, then use the calculator on the product page to turn that into a quantity by the ton or yard. Order online when the numbers are set, and Mississippi Rock Supply delivers the load to your site in Soso.