Which stone is best for drainage in Jefferson County?

Drain Rock is the clean washed rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs. It comes in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch. Where basalt sits close to the surface and water has nowhere to go, a clean open stone lets that water move instead of pooling. #4 Crushed Stone and #57 Stone also serve heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

What do I need to have ready for a bulk delivery?

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load first. A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile, so have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

What is the best base material for a patio in Jefferson County?

Road mix is the base for a patio, the same crushed base with fines left in that locks up under a roller. Over thin soil and young basalt, that compacted base carries the patio. Stone Screenings then bed the pavers or flagstone on top, and Mason Sand fills the joints between them.

Jefferson County, ID Aggregate and Rock Delivery

Idaho Rock Supply sells gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Jefferson County, ID. The base material here goes by the name road mix, also called 3/4 road mix or 3/4 minus.

It is crushed base with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller. Across the Upper Snake River Plain and the eastern farm valleys, thin soil sits over young basalt, and a base course has to carry the load.

Delivery across Jefferson County

You order online. Pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and set a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you buy. A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile.

Idaho Rock Supply delivers across the county, including Rigby, Menan, Ririe, Roberts, Lewisville, Hamer, Monteview and Terreton.

Materials delivered in Jefferson County

Start with the job in front of you. A driveway, a patio and a drain each call for a different material.

Road mix is the material to know here. Idaho writes it up two ways.

State highway work follows the ITD Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, where Section 703.04 covers Aggregate for Untreated Base, Treated Base and Road Mix and is the source of the 3/4 inch minus gradation. Section 703.11 covers aggregate for granular subbase.

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.

Those are how material is described in Idaho.

Road mix goes under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs. A contractor ordering 3/4 minus and a homeowner ordering road mix are asking for the same load.

Ground conditions across Jefferson County

Across the Upper Snake River Plain and the eastern farm valleys, young basalt flows sit under thin soil. River sand and gravel runs along the Snake and the Henrys Fork, and wind-laid silt and dune sand lie north of the river.

Deeper irrigated silt loam covers the farmed ground. On thin ground over rock, an under-built base shows quickly, so the base course does the work.

Basalt close to the surface leaves water nowhere to go. Canal seepage and heavy spring irrigation lift the water table under low farmed ground, so a clean drainage layer matters where water collects.

Spring runoff off the Caribou and Centennial ranges moves through the county. Wind moves dune sand and dry field soil, and snowmelt washes out canal banks and culvert outlets.

Rip rap armors those edges.

The season is short. Frozen ground stops compaction from late fall to early spring, and the dependable base and paver window runs from late spring into early autumn.

The coldest sustained winters of settled Idaho bring long hard freezes at 4,500 feet and above, with a sharp heaving thaw in spring.

Choosing the right material

Bingham County and Madison County share this ground region, so the same soil and drainage reasoning applies there. Bonneville County spans more than one zone, reaching into the Central Idaho mountains and high valleys.

That mountain ground is a different setting from the plain. Where ground is steeper and runoff is faster, slope protection and clean drainage stone carry more of the job than they do on flat farmed ground.

For a driveway, road mix is the base and Driveway Gravel tops a compacted base on a long rural approach. For a patio, Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, and Mason Sand fills paver joints.

For a drain, Drain Rock is the clean washed choice for french drains and drywells. RipRap armors creek banks, culvert outlets, canal banks and pond edges against snowmelt runoff.

For beds and borders, Snake River Rock and Large River Rock work in dry creek beds and water features. Top Soil and Garden Soil cover lawns and raised beds where the native ground is too thin or too stony to plant into.

Order road mix and aggregate in Jefferson County

Road mix is the base material this county builds on, from Rigby to Terreton. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Jefferson County, ID.

Choose your material, size the load, and place your order online for delivery to your site.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Jefferson County, ID