Gravel, Stone and Soil for McIntosh County, ND
North Dakota Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in McIntosh County, ND. Start by sizing your load with the calculator on any product page, then order by the ton or by the yard.
Class 5 is the base gravel most of this ground is built on, and it is the material to look at first for a driveway, a parking pad or a shop base.
Delivery across McIntosh County
You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site, and that is the whole of it.
Delivery covers Wishek, Ashley, Zeeland and the surrounding McIntosh County ground. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever suits the job.
Materials delivered in McIntosh County
Section 816, Table 816-01 sets the gradations, and Section 302 names Class 5 as the traffic service aggregate.
Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard North Dakota base gravel. Use it under driveways, parking pads and shed or shop floors.
Class 13 is the surfacing gravel for an approach, lane or gravel drive where a binding, blade-friendly material is wanted instead of a full base course.
Scoria, the red burned-lignite clinker, surfaces paths, yards, lanes and parking areas. Washed rock goes into drain tile beds, sump discharge and foundation drains.
Pea rock, black dirt and road gravel round out the yard-side list. Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, and mason sand and washed sand handle block work and flatwork bedding.
Ground conditions across McIntosh County
Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and spring load restrictions slow hauling while the frost comes out.
Across the Missouri Coteau this is hummocky stagnation moraine, left where stagnant glacier ice melted out on the upland. You get stony, uneven till with pockets of sand and gravel in kames and eskers.
Drainage on the Coteau is unintegrated, so the sloughs and potholes are not connected and no stream runs through much of it. Snowmelt and rain collect in closed low spots, and drives between the hills stay soft.
Gully cutting on the steep flank of the Missouri Escarpment, wind erosion on exposed hilltops and slumping where saturated till sits on shale all move ground. Riprap and larger stone hold those banks and outlets.
Winters here are long and severe with deep ground frost, then a hard spring thaw that heaves and softens gravel drives, approaches and township roads. Frost depth is set by the city or county rather than by a statewide table.
Choosing the right material
Emmons County sits on the same Missouri Coteau ground as McIntosh County. The till, the kames and eskers and the potholes are the same story, so the base and drainage choices carry over without much change.
Dickey and LaMoure counties sit on the Drift Prairie, which is rolling glacial till with stone and boulders through it. It also carries washboard moraine, ice-thrust hills and bands of sand and gravel in old meltwater channels.
That difference matters at the base. Prairie ground with boulders through it can push a buyer toward a coarser crushed rock under a pad, where Coteau till often takes Class 5 as it comes.
Questions about aggregate in McIntosh County
What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?
Crushed stone is angular rock broken to a size, sold by inch size here, such as 3/4 inch crushed rock or 3/8 inch crushed rock. Pea rock is small, rounded, washed gravel.
Crushed stone locks into a base and drains; pea rock is for walkways, play areas, dog runs and pipe bedding.
Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?
North Dakota Rock Supply takes orders either way. Each product page has a calculator, and sizing the load there before checkout is the simplest way to land on a quantity.
Which stone is best for drainage in McIntosh County?
Washed rock is the clean choice for drain tile beds, sump discharge, downspout runs and foundation drains. For heavier drainage, 3/4 inch crushed rock and #4 crushed stone work under bin pads, tank pads and construction entrances.
Riprap armors coulee banks and culvert outlets against spring runoff.
Order gravel and stone in McIntosh County
North Dakota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across McIntosh County, including Wishek, Ashley and Zeeland. Order online, size the load by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.