Bulk Gravel Delivery to Cody, WY

Wyoming Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Cody, WY, from crushed base for drives and pads to washed stone for drainage and soil for beds. Everything is ordered online by the ton or the yard.

The ground here is alkaline silt and clay over shale, and it seals over instead of soaking water in. That shapes what you put on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Cody

Across the Bighorn Basin the ground is the driest in the state, and the lower basin takes only 5 to 8 inches of precipitation in a year. Most of the water that does arrive comes as snowmelt or irrigation.

Alkaline and saline silt and clay sit over Cretaceous shale, gypsum and bentonite beds. Bentonite is the one to watch: it swells when it gets wet and shifts when it dries.

A thin layer of base over ground like that fails at the edges first. The material ravels out, the surface ruts, and the whole layer starts to pump.

The fix is a compacted crushed base course of real depth, not a thin dressing over native soil. Get that down and the surface above it has something to sit on.

Wind is the other driver. On bare, dry, sparsely vegetated ground it strips loose material off a path or a pad and piles it against the first fence it finds.

The working season on the basin floor is comparatively long by Wyoming standards, running from spring breakup well into autumn. Up on the rim the window is much shorter.

Winters are cold and dry, with far less snow than the mountains around the rim, so bare frozen ground and deep frost are normal. No published frost depth figure was found for Cody, and the local building department sets footing depth.

Materials for Cody Projects

The material that makes a path or a walkway work here is the fine end of the range. Fines and screenings knit together and stay put when wind crosses open ground.

Crushed base

Crushed base, also called 3/4 minus or crushed base course, is the standard Wyoming base material. It is specified locally by top size.

Order it for driveways, shop and shed pads, parking areas and county-style lanes. It goes down as a compacted layer over prepared ground, and the surface you want sits on top of it.

Crushed Base is the starting point for almost any hard-wearing surface in this part of the state. Pit run is a separate material and a separate pay item: unprocessed pit gravel for deep fill and raising grade, not a finished driving surface.

Fines and screenings for paths and walkways

Crusher fines, also called crusher dust, stone screenings or screenings, are the material for paths that need to hold together. The fine particles pack down and lock, so the surface stays put instead of scattering.

Use Stone Screenings for paver and flagstone bedding, and for packed pathway surfaces that need to hold together in wind. It is also the bedding layer under flatwork and pavers.

For a tighter topping over a compacted base, 3/8" Crushed Stone gives you chip rock at a small size. It suits fine drainage, trench bedding and a tight finish on a walkway.

Where you want rounded stone instead of angular, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel works for walkways, play areas, dog runs and drainage. It is washed, so it stays loose underfoot.

Surfacing and drainage stone

Driveway Gravel, also called road gravel or gravel surfacing, tops a compacted crushed base course or surfaces a ranch lane on its own.

Washed Rock, or 3/4 clean, is the material for perimeter and curtain drains, foundation drains and downspout runs. Washing the fines out is the whole point of it.

Scoria, also called red rock or clinker, is Wyoming's burnt-coal clinker from the Powder River Basin. It goes on paths, walkways, drives and pads where sound natural aggregate is scarce.

Delivery to Cody and the Surrounding Area

Ordering is done online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile. Cody sits in Park County, and delivery also covers Powell and Meeteetse.

Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives. Bulk material comes off the back of the truck in a single pile, so the ground underneath needs to be open and reachable.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Cody

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load by the ton or the yard, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Crushed base, screenings, washed stone and soil all deliver to Cody and across Park County.

Place your order online when you are ready.