Gravel, Stone and Soil for Lincoln County, WY
Wyoming Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Lincoln County, WY. Start with crushed base, the material this state builds drives and pads on.
Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order.
Lincoln County spans two very different kinds of ground, from the Salt River bottoms to the high desert around Kemmerer. That changes what a base course sits on and how water moves under it, so it is worth knowing which side of the county you are on.
Materials delivered in Lincoln County
Crushed base is the standard Wyoming base material. Locally it is also called 3/4 minus or crushed base course, and people usually name it by top size.
In Wyoming, base is specified as crushed base.
Crushed base goes under driveways, shop and shed pads, parking areas and county-style lanes. It is a compacted base, not a finished surface on its own.
Below that, the materials run from coarse to fine.
Scoria, also called red rock, is Wyoming's burnt-coal clinker. It goes on paths, walkways, drives and pads where sound natural aggregate is scarce.
Wind River Rock and Large River Rock are rounded river-washed stone for decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds. Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and dog runs.
Ground conditions across Lincoln County
Lincoln County spans more than one ground region, and the working season differs across them. In the Jackson Hole, Star Valley and Snake River country, snow holds the ground into late spring and the window for base, driveway and paver work is squeezed at both ends.
In the Green River Basin and the southwest valleys, the season is short and late at this elevation. Base, drive and paver work is a spring-breakup to autumn job there, and the shoulders of it are unreliable.
Ground conditions split the same way. In the Star Valley and Snake River country, expect alluvial fans and deep silt and clay with a high water table on the Salt River bottoms.
This is the wettest, snowiest corner of the state.
In the Green River Basin and Red Desert country, expect alkaline and saline soils, shale and sandstone, and cobbly outwash and terrace gravel. Alkaline subgrade takes water slowly and gives it up slowly.
Drainage design follows the ground. Snowmelt is the whole story on the wetter side, with high spring water tables on the valley floors and coarse outwash sitting next to slow silt.
On the desert side, sudden thunderstorm runoff crosses sealed ground. Wind moves sand across the dune fields and lifts dust off any disturbed ground, and gullies cut in badlands.
Frost drives deep across the county and the ground stays hard for months. No frost depth figure was researched for Lincoln County, so footing depth is set by the local building department or by a soils engineer for the site.
Delivery across Lincoln County
You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site. Quantities are chosen by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.
You pick a delivery date at checkout.
Wyoming Rock Supply delivers across the county, including Kemmerer, Afton, Grover, Alpine, Thayne, Smoot, Cokeville, Auburn, La Barge, Bedford, Freedom and Etna.
Because the county spans two ground regions, it helps to know which one your site sits in before you order. A load of crushed base for a drive on the Salt River bottoms is working against different water than one on desert ground near La Barge.
The truck tips the load in one pile. From there it is yours to move and place.
Choosing the right material
Start with crushed base for anything that needs a compacted base: drives, pads, parking areas and lanes. It is specified as crushed base in Wyoming, and it is the layer the rest sits on.
For deep fill and raising grade, use pit run under a crushed base course. It is unprocessed pit gravel, not a finished surface, and it stays a separate item from crushed base.
Where water is the problem, washed rock and 3/4 inch crushed stone handle perimeter, curtain and foundation drains. Scoria and crusher fines suit paths and bedding, and river rock and Natural Pea Gravel cover decorative and rounded-stone uses.
For lawns and beds over thin, stony or alkaline native ground, topsoil and garden soil give you something to plant into. Fill dirt handles bulk fill and backfill before a base course goes down.
Order gravel, stone and soil in Lincoln County
Wyoming Rock Supply delivers crushed base, pit run, washed rock, riprap, sand, topsoil and more across Lincoln County, from Kemmerer and La Barge to Afton, Thayne, Alpine and Cokeville. Order online by the ton or by the yard, size the load with the calculator on each product page, and pick your delivery date at checkout.
A dump truck tips it on site.