Large River Rock, Stone and Soil Delivery in Aurora, MN

Water cannot soak into bedrock, so it runs off fast and gathers in the hollows. That is why gravel and aggregate delivery in Aurora, MN starts with the coarse end of the yard.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, washed stone, riprap and soil across St. Louis County.

Order online, pick your quantity, and a truck tips the load on your site.

Materials for Aurora Projects

Slope, swale and bank work here calls for coarse, open stone that lets water move instead of holding it. Start with the heaviest sizes and work down.

Riprap is the shoreline and bank answer.

Drainage Rock is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock in Minnesota. Use it in French drains, drywells and footing runs where water has to keep moving.

3/4 Clear Rock is the washed stone with the fines taken out, unlike Class 5, which keeps them. It suits drainage beds, trench backfill and construction entrances.

Large River Rock handles dry creek beds and light slope protection. Minnesota River Rock, also called river rock or round rock, covers decorative beds and rock mulch around foundations.

For driveways and pads, Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course. It compacts and binds.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite or as buff or red limestone.

Granite fines, also called screenings, bed pavers, flagstone and patio work. Granite Fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt.

Washed sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers, and mason sand handles brick, block and paver joints. Fill dirt raises grade before a Class 5 course goes down.

Black dirt is what Minnesota calls topsoil, and it is usually bought screened or pulverized. Top Soil covers lawns, sod beds and planting beds.

Delivery to Aurora and the Surrounding Area

Order online and the load comes to your site in Aurora. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order. A dump truck tips the material in one pile where you want it dropped.

Coverage runs across St. Louis County, including Duluth, Hibbing, Virginia, Chisholm and Eveleth.

Bulk loads go to driveways, job sites and shoreline lots.

Ground and Conditions in Aurora

This is the shortest working season in the state. Frozen ground stops compaction from late autumn into April, and spring load limits run into mid-May on North zone roads.

Order before the ground locks up, or wait for the thaw. Timing a delivery around that window matters more here than the material choice on a small job.

Across the Iron Range, North Shore and the Superior Upland, thin stony till sits over Precambrian bedrock, with rock at or close to the surface. Red sandy drift and broad peat basins show up across the region.

Water runs off fast and gathers in the hollows and peat basins, and snowmelt is the heaviest flow of the year. Short, steep streams cut hard after heavy rain and snowmelt, and wave action works the lakeshores.

That is the case for coarse, open stone on slopes and swales. Clean washed rock moves water; fines-bearing material holds it.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Aurora

What stone should I use for drainage in Aurora?

Match the stone to the job. Drainage Rock, usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock in Minnesota, suits French drains, drywells and footing runs.

3/4 Clear Rock handles drainage beds and trench backfill. For fine drainage and pipe bedding, 3/8 inch crushed stone works.

Riprap is the answer for shoreline.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear spot for the pile and a way for the truck to reach it. The driver tips the load in one pile and does not spread it, so pick the spot before the truck shows up.

Have your quantity settled from the calculator on the product page, and keep the approach open so the truck can get in and out.

Order Stone and Soil for Aurora

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone, sand and soil across Aurora and the rest of St. Louis County.

Coarse stone for slope and swale work, Class 5 for drives and pads, and black dirt for lawns. Order online when your site is ready.