Ada County, ID Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery
Idaho Rock Supply sells gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Ada County, ID. Start with the calculator on each product page to size the load, then pick your material.
In Ada County that usually means road mix, the crushed base with the fines left in, and the rock, sand and soil that go with it.
The ground here is old lake silt, sand and clay over basalt, worked into irrigated silt loam on the valley floor. That ground decides how a base behaves.
Materials Delivered in Ada County
Order by what you are building. A driveway, a patio and a drain each want a different rock.
Road mix carries the most weight for base work here. It is what Idaho yards call crushed base with the fines left in.
State highway work writes it under the ITD Standard Specifications, Section 703.04, which is where the 3/4 inch minus gradation comes from.
City, county and highway district work is usually written to the Idaho Standards for Public Works Construction. Section 802 covers crushed aggregate in Type I and Type II, and Section 801 covers uncrushed aggregate.
A contractor ordering 3/4 minus and a homeowner ordering road mix are asking for the same load.
For drainage, drain rock is the clean washed rock for french drains and downspout runs. RipRap armors creek banks, culvert outlets, canal banks and pond edges against snowmelt and cloudburst runoff.
For sand and soil, washed sand beds pavers and slabs. garden soil fills raised beds where the native ground is too thin, too stony or too alkaline to plant into.
Ground Conditions Across Ada County
Across the Treasure Valley and the western Snake River Plain, the ground is old lake silt, sand and clay with basalt beneath. On the valley floor it is worked into irrigated silt loam.
Caliche and clay lenses change how a base performs. Water that gets through the sand above them stops and sits, so a base over that ground can pump and rut.
An under-built base is the problem long before the surface rock is.
Shallow basalt perches water under yards and drives, and irrigation canals and laterals hold the summer water table high across the valley floor. Summer cloudbursts run straight off crusted desert soil instead of soaking in.
Erosion comes off the Boise Front after fire and cloudbursts, from canal and ditch bank scour, from furrow erosion on irrigated ground, and from spring wind moving dry bare soil. Riprap and cobble protect the banks and outlets where that water concentrates.
The working season runs from an early spring thaw into late fall, the longest in Idaho. Canal water running from spring to autumn governs when work along ditches and laterals can happen.
Winter here brings many shallow freeze and thaw cycles rather than one deep freeze. Frost depth is about 24 inches in Boise and the surrounding Treasure Valley cities, and the local building official sets footing depth.
Delivery Across Ada County
You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.
A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile.
Delivery covers Meridian, Eagle, Kuna, Garden City, Star and Boise. Rural addresses on the valley floor and up onto the benches are served the same way.
Bulk loads arrive as loose material, so plan where the pile should sit before the truck gets there. Have the area clear and reachable, and keep the spot in mind for the whole job.
Choosing the Right Material
Ada County sits on the Treasure Valley and the western Snake River Plain ground. Elmore County and Owyhee County sit on the same ground region, so the soil, the caliche and the drainage behave the same way there.
The base and drainage choices carry over unchanged.
Boise County is different. It spans more than one zone, covering the Central Idaho mountains and high valleys as well as the Treasure Valley and the western Snake River Plain.
Match the material to the job. Road mix is a compacted base for drives and pads.
Pit run is sub base and structural fill, never a finished surface.
Natural Pea Gravel is round and rolls underfoot, so it suits patios and play areas rather than a drive. River rock and cobble are decorative and handle heavier border work.
Riprap is the armor for banks and outlets.
Order Road Mix and Rock for Ada County Delivery
Road mix is the base material this ground asks for, and Idaho Rock Supply delivers it across Ada County by the ton. Pair it with drain rock, chips, sand or topsoil for the rest of the job.
Size the load on the product page and place your order online.