Bulk Material Delivery in Howe, ID
Idaho Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Howe, ID to ranches, home sites and working ground in Butte County. This corner of the Upper Snake River Plain sits on young basalt with thin soil over it, so a driveway or pad needs a real road mix base rather than a skim of rock.
Road mix is what local yards call crushed base with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller. The rest of the load list runs from coarse armor rock down to sand and topsoil.
Materials for Howe Projects
Slope, swale and bank protection starts with size. Coarse stone is what holds ground against spring runoff and snowmelt moving off the high country, and the pieces have to be heavy enough to stay where they land.
RipRap is the armor grade choice for creek banks, culvert outlets, canal banks, pond edges and cut slopes. It is coarse angular rock sized to sit in place while water runs past it.
Large River Rock covers dry creek beds, drainage swales and borders where a rounder look is wanted. It usually runs from 2 inch up to 10 inch pieces.
Railroad Ballast is coarse angular rock for track beds, hard standing and heavy drainage. It also works as a decorative rock where a rough, open texture fits.
#4 Crushed Stone, called 1 1/2 inch crushed rock locally, handles heavy drainage, construction entrances and trench bottoms.
Below the armor sizes, drainage and surfacing take over. Washed rock has no fines in it, so water moves through instead of pooling.
Drain Rock is clean angular rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells, septic drainfields and downspout runs. It comes in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch sizes.
3/4" Crushed Stone surfaces drives and beds pipes where an angular rock that stays put is wanted. Idaho says crushed rock far more often than crushed stone.
3/8 Chip tops a compacted base on pathways and leveling courses. Chips are angular, so they knit together and stay put where Natural Pea Gravel would roll.
3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is round and uncrushed, which suits patios, dog runs, play areas and walkways.
Base and fill sit under everything else. 3/4 Road Mix is the base course for driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs, and a contractor ordering 3/4 minus is asking for the same load.
Pit Run is unprocessed gravel straight from the pit, rock and fines mixed at whatever sizes the pit gives. It works as sub base under road mix, as structural fill and for filling holes and raising grade, but it is not a finished surface.
Fill Dirt brings a low spot up before a base course goes on top. Top Soil and Garden Soil cover lawns and beds over thin, stony ground.
Delivery to Howe and the Surrounding Area
You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantity is chosen by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.
A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the site. Delivery covers Howe and the rest of Butte County, including Arco and Moore.
Because the truck tips in one pile, think about where that pile should land before the truck arrives. A spot that keeps the load out of the way of the work is easier on everyone.
Ground and Conditions in Howe
The working season here is short. Frozen ground stops compaction from late fall to early spring, so the dependable base and paver window runs from late spring into early autumn.
Across the Upper Snake River Plain and the eastern farm valleys, young basalt flows sit close to the surface under thin soil. Water has nowhere to go on ground like that, so drainage matters as much as base depth.
Spring runoff off the high country, wind moving dry field soil, and canal bank and culvert washouts during snowmelt all push ground around. That is where coarse armor rock earns its place on a slope or a bank.
Frost is a real factor in the coldest sustained winters of settled Idaho. Footing depth is set by the local building official, so check with that office before you pour.
Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in Howe
Idaho Rock Supply delivers road mix, washed rock, armor stone, sand and soil across Howe and the rest of Butte County. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Place your order online and a truck will bring the load to your site.