Gravel, Stone and Soil for Nelson County, ND
North Dakota Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Nelson County, ND to driveways, pads and building sites. Class 5 is the base material most of that work starts from.
It is the standard North Dakota base gravel.
Local ground shapes what goes under a drive. Rolling glacial till with stone and boulders through it sits under much of the Drift Prairie, and a base has to be built for that, not for clean sand.
Materials Delivered in Nelson County
Section 302 names it as the traffic service aggregate for aggregate base and surface course, and Section 816, Table 816-01 sets the gradation.
Cities and counties write that class into their own street specifications.
Class 13 covers the surfacing jobs where a blade friendly gravel is wanted instead of a full base. Riprap is graded Grade I, II and III in this state, not classed.
Base and surfacing gravel
Class 5 is the base for a driveway, a parking pad, a shop floor or a shed site. It carries the load and holds together under traffic.
Class 13 goes on top where a binding surface is wanted for an approach, a lane or a long gravel drive.
Scoria covers paths, yard edges and lanes with red surfacing. It is burned lignite clinker, and it is what North Dakotans mean when they say scoria.
Drainage stone and rock
Washed rock handles drain tile beds, sump discharge, downspout runs and foundation drains. It has no fines, so water passes through instead of sitting.
3/4 inch crushed rock covers bin and tank pads, pole barn floors and construction entrances.
3/8 inch crushed rock goes to fine drainage, pipe bedding and a topping course. Riprap armors coulee and river banks, culvert outlets, dam faces and reservoir shoreline against spring runoff and wave action.
#57 and #67 stone are drainage and concrete sizes called for by number on plans.
Soil, sand and finish materials
Black dirt covers lawns, grade repair and bed prep, and garden soil fills raised beds and shelterbelt planting pockets. Fill dirt raises grade and backfills before a gravel course goes down.
Stone screenings bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and pack into a walking surface. Pea rock suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.
Ground Conditions Across Nelson County
Much of the Drift Prairie ground is rolling glacial till with stone and boulders worked through it. Meltwater channels left bands of sand and gravel in places.
Sloughs and pothole wetlands hold snowmelt on the flats, and till with a tight subsoil drains slowly. Water that does move concentrates into steep walled meltwater coulees.
Wind erosion works on open, bare ground. Gully cutting works in the coulees, and bank scour follows thaw and heavy rain.
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 frost comes out.
Plan the grade work around that window.
Winters here are long and severe, with deep ground frost and a hard thaw that heaves and softens gravel drives, approaches and township roads. Frost depth is set by the city or county rather than by one statewide table, so check the local figure before footing work.
Choosing the Right Material
Grand Forks County and Walsh County sit on the Red River Valley lake plain, the flat floor of glacial Lake Agassiz. That ground is deep silt and clay with very little stone in it, and sand and gravel beach ridges mark the old shorelines.
Nelson County ground is glacial till with stone and boulders in it, so a base here can be built from local crushed material. On lake plain silt and clay, drainage becomes the larger question, because water sits in fine ground instead of moving through it.
Ramsey County lies in the Devils Lake Basin, rolling glacial till around a closed basin. Lake silt and clay and salt affected ground appear on shorelines that have moved a long way in living memory.
Match the material to the job before anything else. Class 5 for a base, Class 13 for surfacing, washed rock or #57 stone for drainage, and black dirt or garden soil for growing.
Decorative stone and mulch finish beds and borders.
Delivery Across Nelson County
Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.
North Dakota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Nelson County, including Lakota, McVille, Aneta, Tolna, Petersburg, Pekin, Michigan and Dahlen. Ordering online covers the whole order from material to date.
Order Class 5 and More for Nelson County
Class 5 is the base gravel that North Dakota driveways, pads and shop sites are built on. North Dakota Rock Supply delivers it, along with Class 13, washed rock and black dirt, across Nelson County.
Order online when you are ready.