Pea Gravel for Pathways in Lake City, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Lake City, MN. The season here runs from the thaw into late autumn, one of the longer working windows in the state.

Spring load limits go up on Southeast zone roads in early March and come off in April. Schedule your Class 5 and your path materials around that window.

Ground and Conditions in Lake City

A thin base course is what fails first on this ground. Loess sits over limestone, dolostone and sandstone, thin on the ridge tops and deep in the valleys.

Water on steep Driftless bluff and karst country slopes runs off fast and then drops into sinkholes and fractures. It does not soak in evenly.

That flashy flow means a drive or path edge washes out before the surface wears out. A compacted, fines-bearing course holds where a loose topping will not.

Route a downspout run away from any sinkhole. In karst country a spout aimed at one goes straight to groundwater.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and frost lifts slabs and walks on the thin, silty soils over rock. Plan walkway and paver edges so water leaves the surface.

Materials for Lake City Projects

Fines and screenings do the finish work on paths and walkways here. They bed a surface and compact to a firm, walkable top.

Granite Fines, also called screenings or granite chips, bed pavers, flagstone and patios, and compact into garden paths. They come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt.

Walkway Gravel is a finer, walkable, compacting surface suited to garden paths and walkways.

3/8" Natural Pea Gravel, or pea rock, suits walkways, play areas and drainage. It is a round washed stone, so it stays loose underfoot rather than binding.

Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard Minnesota base course for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and road base.

Class 2 adds a tighter 3/4 inch crushed surface where a base needs a finished top. Minnesota yards sell it as Class 2 granite or buff or red limestone.

For drainage, Drainage Rock covers French drains, drywells, footing drains and downspout runs. It is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock.

Riprap, also called shoreline rock, armours lakeshore, streambank, culvert outlets and slopes against ice, wave and spring runoff.

Delivery to Lake City and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered online by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable when the truck arrives.

Delivery covers Lake City and Wabasha County, including Plainview, Wabasha, Elgin, Mazeppa and Kellogg.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Lake City

Size your load on the calculator on each product page, then pick a delivery date that fits the working season. Class 5 and the path materials above are ordered online by the ton or the yard.

Place your order with Minnesota Rock Supply and the truck brings it to your site.