Buy Black Dirt in Badger, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Badger, MN, from Class 5 base course to black dirt for a new lawn. Badger sits in Roseau County, on the flat bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, where deep silt and clay settled out in still water.

That ground shapes what you order. Base, drive and paver work here waits for the thaw and for the clay to dry out.

Materials for Badger Projects

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It goes down under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Order it from the Class 5 page.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a tighter 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines, made of crushed quarry rock. Minnesota yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone.

It surfaces drives and beds pavers, and it is ordered from Driveway Gravel.

For topping an existing drive or finishing over a compacted base, driveway gravel does the work. Crusher run, also called 1 inch minus, is crushed rock with the fines left in, for base and drives that need to bind and compact.

Both come from the Crusher Run page.

Washed stone covers the drainage side. 3/4 inch clear rock, also called clear rock or 3/4 inch washed rock, is washed with the fines taken out, for drainage beds, trench backfill and construction entrances.

Foundation rock, or radon rock, is the clean washed rock that goes under basement slabs and around footing drains.

Drain rock, usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock here, handles French drains, drywells, footing drains and downspout runs. Riprap, also called rip rap or shoreline rock, armours shorelines, culvert outlets and slopes against ice, wave and spring runoff.

Sand and soil finish the job. Washed sand, also sold as concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and pavers, while mason sand suits brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

Black dirt is what Minnesota calls topsoil, usually bought screened or pulverized for lawns and beds. Garden soil, or garden mix, fills raised beds.

Decorative stone rounds out the order. Minnesota river rock, also called Mississippi river rock, is round washed stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Large river rock takes the heavier decorative work.

Ground and Conditions in Badger

Across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain there is almost no fall across the land, and a tight clay or peat subgrade sits underneath. Meltwater and rain stay where they land instead of running off.

That water is the first thing to plan around. A base course only holds up when the ground below it can shed what comes off a roof, a drive or a slope.

Spring brings the second problem. The Red River runs north into ground that is still frozen and overtops most springs, and the tributaries cut and slump at their banks during the rise.

Wind moves bare, flat, unsheltered field soil too.

Frost drives deep into clay that holds water and heaves hard as it thaws. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 60 inches for its Zone I counties, and that figure belongs to those counties, not to Badger.

Base, drive and paver work waits for the thaw and for the clay to dry out. Spring load limits go up on North zone roads from late March into May, and the building season is short at both ends.

Delivery to Badger and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, and keep it where you want the material to sit, because the truck cannot place or spread the load.

Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Roseau County, including Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Roosevelt and Strathcona.

Questions from Badger Buyers

Do you supply contractors working in Badger?

Yes. Contractors working in Badger and across Roseau County order the same way a homeowner does: online, by the ton or by the yard, with a delivery date chosen at checkout.

Class 5, Class 2, clear rock, drain rock, sand and black dirt are all listed by their local names so the order matches the spec you are building to.

Do you deliver Class 5 to Badger, MN?

Yes. Class 5 is delivered to Badger and the surrounding Roseau County area, tipped on site by dump truck.

Order it from the Class 5 page by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout. It is the standard Minnesota base course for drives, pads and road base.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Badger Project

For building a driveway, setting a shed base, bedding pavers, draining a wet yard or starting a lawn from bare ground, the material for it is here. Order Class 5, washed stone, sand, black dirt or decorative rock online and have it delivered to your site in Badger.