Buy Garden Soil in Oakes, ND

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Oakes, ND runs from the end of the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter.

North Dakota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, black dirt, garden soil and fill to sites across Dickey County.

Oakes sits on the Drift Prairie, where rolling glacial till carries stone and boulders through it. That ground shapes what you put on top of it.

Materials for Oakes Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil, not stone. Fill dirt raises grade and backfills low spots before any gravel course goes down.

Screened black dirt, which is what North Dakota yards call topsoil, builds up the surface for lawns and grade repair. Garden soil goes into raised beds, vegetable gardens and shelterbelt planting pockets.

Base material comes next. Class 5 is the standard North Dakota base gravel, and it builds driveways, parking pads and shop bases.

Class 13 is a binding, blade-friendly surface gravel for an approach or lane. Road gravel tops up a drive or yard that has thinned out.

Washed stone handles water. Washed rock, also called drain rock, goes into drain tile beds, sump discharge and downspout runs.

3/4 inch crushed rock works for bin and tank pads, pole barn floors and construction entrances. Riprap, graded Grade I, II and III, armors culvert outlets and banks against spring runoff.

Sand and decorative material round out a site. Mason sand beds block and brick work and fills paver joints.

Washed sand levels under slabs and flatwork. Pea rock suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.

River rock and large river rock handle decorative beds and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Oakes

Across the Drift Prairie, sloughs and pothole wetlands hold snowmelt on the flats. Till with a tight subsoil drains slowly.

Water that does move concentrates into deep, steep-walled meltwater coulees.

That matters for base work. A pad or drive sitting on ground that holds water needs a clean stone drainage layer under it, not more fines.

Washed rock and 3/4 inch crushed rock let water through instead of trapping it.

Wind erosion works on open, bare ground here, and spring runoff cuts gullies in the coulees and scours banks. Riprap at a culvert outlet or along a bank absorbs that energy.

Black dirt and mulch hold a bare slope until grass takes it.

Long, severe winters drive deep ground frost, then a hard spring thaw heaves and softens gravel drives, approaches and township roads. Frost depth is set by the city or county rather than by a statewide table.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of the thaw into late fall, and spring load restrictions slow hauling while the frost comes out.

Delivery to Oakes and the Surrounding Area

Order online and a dump truck tips your load on site in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

Delivery covers Oakes and Dickey County, including Ellendale, Fullerton and Forbes. Bulk loads go to driveways, shop pads, garden beds and building sites across the county.

Order Soil, Gravel and Stone in Oakes

North Dakota Rock Supply delivers black dirt, garden soil and fill for grading and bed prep in Oakes, along with Class 5, washed stone, sand and decorative rock. Size your load on the product page and place your order online for delivery in Dickey County.