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

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Butterfield, MN, from a single ton of Class 5 to a full load of riprap. You order online, pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips it on your site.

Butterfield sits on Southern and western prairie till, ground that holds water and moves slowly. That shapes what you put on a bank, in a swale or at the end of a culvert.

Materials for Butterfield Projects

Water is the driver on most sites around here. Tight till sheds runoff slowly, so banks, swales and culvert outlets take the hit first.

Coarse stone is what holds those edges in place.

RipRap is the heavy end of the range, sized for shoreline, streambank, culvert outlets and slope armouring. It stands up to ice, wave action and spring runoff where finer material would wash out.

Railroad Ballast is Crushed Stone at a coarse, open grade. It works for track beds, hard standing and severe drainage where you need stone that will not pack tight and hold water.

Drainage Rock is the usual 1 1/2 inch clear rock. It goes into French drains, drywells, footing and foundation drains, downspout runs and sewer bedding.

3/4 Clear Rock is washed with the fines taken out, so it drains instead of binding. It suits drainage beds, drive surfacing, construction entrances and trench backfill.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course, the material a driveway, parking pad or shed base starts from. It keeps its fines and compacts into a firm, tight surface.

Delivery to Butterfield and the Surrounding Area

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Butterfield and the rest of Watonwan County, including St. James, Madelia, Lewisville and Odin.

You order online and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator so you can size the load before you order. A dump truck then tips the material in one pile on your site.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. Once the load is tipped, moving it is your job, so it pays to think about where that pile should sit.

Ground and Conditions in Butterfield

The working season here runs long by Minnesota standards, from the thaw into late autumn. Spring load limits go up on South and Central zone roads in early March and come off in April, which is worth knowing when you plan a delivery.

The ground is gray, calcareous Des Moines lobe till, loamy to clayey and carrying shale brought down from the Dakotas. Under it all sits deep black prairie soil, and over much of the area the surface is hummocky with pothole basins.

Till that tight drains slowly, and there is almost no fall to move water along. Closed basins hold water until it drains or evaporates, and yards and drives are at their worst during the thaw and the early summer storms.

That is why coarse, open stone earns its place on a Butterfield site. Bare and graded ground sheds water in sheets and rills after a heavy summer storm, and any slope or channel will cut.

Riprap and clear rock give that water somewhere to go.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and heaving shows up worst on tight, shale-rich till where water cannot drain away before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 3 feet 6 inches for its Zone II counties, a footing depth rather than a target for a gravel base.

Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Butterfield

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, riprap, clear rock, sand, black dirt and mulch across Butterfield and the rest of Watonwan County. Size your load with the calculator, order by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.