3/8 Inch Crushed Rock for Pathways in Osage, WY

Wyoming Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Osage, WY, from crushed base for driveways and shop pads to the fines and screenings that hold a walkway together. Osage sits in Weston County, on ground that runs to bentonitic gumbo clay cut by draws and badlands.

You order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Ground and Conditions in Osage

Across the Powder River Basin, the clay sheds water instead of taking it in. Cloudbursts run hard off bare ground, and snowmelt sits on frozen subgrade until it thaws.

A thin base over that clay shows its failure fast. The surface pumps, ruts and loses its shape at spring thaw, and the edges break away.

The fix is to dig the clay out and bring in compacted granular structural fill before a base course goes down. That is the detail local foundation work already uses.

Wind is the other driver on open basin ground. It scours bare surfaces, cuts rills in shale, and moves loose, light material off a path or a bed.

The working season is short. Work runs from spring breakup into autumn, and wet gumbo has to dry before it will compact, which shortens the spring end further.

Frost is deep here, and a chinook thaw can soften a surface in hours. The published frost depth is 42 inches in Gillette and in Wright; the local building department sets footing depth.

Materials for Osage Projects

Fines and screenings are the material to start with when you are building paths and walkways. Screenings pack down and hold their surface when the wind is up, which loose rounded stone will not do.

Use Stone Screenings for paver and flagstone bedding and for packed pathway surfaces. The fine, angular material knits together underfoot.

For a walkway that wants a finished look, Scoria, the red burnt-coal clinker called red rock here, works on paths, drives and pads. It is the local answer where sound natural aggregate is scarce.

3/8" Crushed Stone, also called chip rock, gives you fine drainage, trench bedding and a tight topping over a compacted base. It beds pipe and finishes a surface without the bulk of larger stone.

For walkways and dog runs where you want rounded stone, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is washed and smooth underfoot.

Crushed base, also called 3/4 minus or crushed base course, is the standard Wyoming base material. It goes under driveways, shop and shed pads, parking areas and county-style lanes, and it is ordered by top size.

Crushed Base is what you compact as the structural layer. Pit Run is unprocessed pit gravel for deep fill, raising grade and sub-base, never a finished driving surface.

Delivery to Osage and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Pick your delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on your site. Have the spot clear and reachable before it arrives.

Wyoming Rock Supply delivers across Weston County, including Newcastle, Upton and Four Corners, as well as Osage itself.

Order Your Osage Aggregate Online

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then choose your quantity by the ton or the yard and set a delivery date at checkout. Wyoming Rock Supply delivers crushed base, screenings, scoria, washed rock and more across Osage and Weston County.

Place your order online when you are ready.