Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Devils Lake, ND

North Dakota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Devils Lake, ND. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of the spring thaw into late fall here.

Class 5 is the base gravel most of that work starts from.

Across the Devils Lake Basin, saturated ground and shifting shorelines push grade work and drainage to the front of a project. Ordering online lets you time a load to that window.

Ground and Conditions in Devils Lake

Across the Devils Lake Basin, the ground is rolling glacial till around a closed basin. Lake silt, clay and salt-affected ground sit along shorelines that have moved a long way in living memory.

Water is the bigger problem. At normal lake levels the basin has no natural outlet, so runoff collects instead of draining away.

That shows up under a patio as a soft, pumping subgrade. A thin base course cannot bridge it, and pavers rock and settle within a season.

The fix is a base that spreads the load over ground that stays firm.

Long, severe winters add deep ground frost, then a hard spring thaw that heaves gravel drives and approaches. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and spring load restrictions slow hauling while the frost comes out.

Time your material order to the working season and the ground is ready when the load lands.

Materials for Devils Lake Projects

Bedding and base materials do the quiet work under pavers, flagstone and flatwork. Get that layer right and the surface above it holds its line.

Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard North Dakota base gravel. It builds driveways, parking pads, shop and shed bases, and the compacted base under a patio.

Class 5 carries fines, so it binds and compacts into a firm platform. That is what a paver or slab surface needs to sit on.

Stone Screenings, also called screenings or crusher fines, bed pavers and flagstone and fill the joints between them. They pack into a hard walking surface.

Washed Sand levels and beds material under slabs and flatwork. Mason Sand handles block and brick work, paver joints and sandboxes.

For a surfacing layer where you want a binding gravel rather than a full base course, Class 13 works on an approach, lane or gravel drive.

Delivery to Devils Lake and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile.

Devils Lake sits in Ramsey County, and we also deliver to Edmore, Crary, Webster, Starkweather and Brocket. Delivery covers North Dakota only.

Raising grade is ordinary work around the basin, so a load of fill or base often lands before anything else on the site does.

Order Your Gravel and Aggregate in Devils Lake

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then order by the ton or the yard and pick a delivery date at checkout. Class 5, Class 13, screenings, sands and more arrive by dump truck and tip on site.

North Dakota Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Devils Lake and Ramsey County. Place your order online when your project is ready.