Scoria and Bulk Aggregates for Rock Springs, WY

Wyoming Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Rock Springs, WY, sold by the ton and dropped at your site. Size the load on the calculator first, then pick the material: crushed base for drives and pads, washed stone for drainage.

Ground here is alkaline shale and sandstone, and it takes water slowly. That shapes what you order more than anything else.

Materials for Rock Springs Projects

Water is the job on most Rock Springs sites. Spring snowmelt and sudden thunderstorm runoff both arrive fast, and alkaline subgrade gives that water up slowly.

Washed rock, also called drain rock or 3/4 clean, is the one to start with. The fines are washed out, so water moves through it instead of sitting in it.

Use it for perimeter and curtain drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs. It also beds pipe and backfills trenches around a foundation.

Order it as Washed Rock.

Around the washed stone, the rest of the load follows size. Coarser drainage rock handles volume, finer stone handles tight bedding and joints.

Coarse drainage and armoring

• RipRap, also called armor rock or shot rock, for stream bank and culvert outlet armoring, ditch lining and slope protection against spring runoff.
• #4 Crushed Stone, or 1 1/2 inch rock, for heavy drainage, construction entrances and trench bottoms.
• #57 Stone for drainage and French drains, and #67 Stone for the same work a size down.

Fine drainage and bedding

#8 Crushed Stone and #89 Crushed Stone are small washed stone for joints and tight bedding.

Sand does the leveling work. Washed Sand beds flatwork and pavers and mixes as concrete sand, and Mason Sand handles brick, block, paver joints and play sand.

Bases, surfaces and soil

Crushed Base, also called 3/4 minus or crushed base course, is the standard Wyoming base for driveways, shop and shed pads and parking areas. Pit run is unprocessed pit gravel, so use Pit Run for deep fill and sub-base, never as a finished driving surface.

For the surface itself, order Driveway Gravel to top a compacted base, or scoria, the red burnt-coal clinker, for paths, walkways and pads. Scoria goes by Scoria.

Where native ground is thin, stony or alkaline, screened Top Soil carries lawns and bed prep, and Garden Soil fills raised beds. Shredded Mulch knits together and stays put in wind better than nuggets.

Delivery to Rock Springs and the Surrounding Area

Wyoming Rock Supply serves Rock Springs and the surrounding area, including Green River and Farson in Sweetwater County. You order online and a dump truck tips the load at your site.

Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Ground and Conditions in Rock Springs

The season is short and late at this elevation. Base, drive and paver work runs from spring breakup to autumn, and the shoulders of that window are unreliable.

Winters are bitter and dry, and frost drives deep, so the ground stays hard for months. No published frost depth figure was found for Rock Springs; figures published elsewhere in Wyoming run from about 34 to 42 inches, and the local building department sets footing depth.

Soils across the Green River Basin, Red Desert and the southwest valleys are alkaline and saline shale and sandstone, with cobbly outwash and terrace gravel. Water moves through that ground slowly in both directions.

Wind is the other driver. It lifts dust off disturbed ground and moves sand across open country, which is why packed surfaces and heavy cover matter here.

Plan drainage before you surface anything.

Questions About Ordering in Rock Springs

Do you deliver crushed base to Rock Springs, WY?

Yes. Wyoming Rock Supply delivers crushed base and other bulk aggregates to Rock Springs and the surrounding area, including Green River and Farson in Sweetwater County.

You order online, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Crushed base is the standard Wyoming base for driveways, shop pads and parking areas.

What gravel is best for a driveway in Rock Springs?

Start with crushed base, the local 3/4 minus, as the compacted base for the drive. Top it with driveway gravel for the driving surface, or with scoria if you want the red clinker look on a lane or pad.

Where the drive needs to shed water, work washed rock into the drainage. Each product page has a calculator for sizing.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Rock Springs

Wyoming Rock Supply delivers crushed base, washed rock, sand, soil and decorative stone across Rock Springs and Sweetwater County, by the ton and tipped at your site. Size the load on the calculator, order online, and pick your delivery date at checkout.