Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Lancaster, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Lancaster, MN, by the ton or by the yard. Class 5 is the base course most drives, parking pads and shed floors here start from.

This corner of Kittson County sits on the flat bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, where deep silt and clay settled out in still water. That ground shapes what you put on top of it.

Materials for Lancaster Projects

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It packs into a firm, tight surface for a driveway, a parking pad or a garage floor.

Order it from our road base page.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. It finishes a drive or beds pavers where you want a tighter surface than base alone.

Minnesota yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone. See driveway gravel.

Clear rock is washed stone with the fines taken out, which is the opposite of Class 5. That open structure lets water move, so it works in drainage beds, trench backfill and construction entrances.

Look at 3/4 clear rock.

Granite fines, also called screenings, bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone and make a compacted garden path. Minnesota granite fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt. See granite fines.

Black dirt is what Minnesota calls topsoil, and it is usually bought screened or pulverized for lawns, sod beds and planting beds. Garden soil is a mix of screened black dirt and compost for raised beds.

Both are on our top soil page.

Ground and Conditions in Lancaster

Across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain there is almost no fall to the land. Meltwater and rain sit where they land instead of running off, and the tight clay or peat underneath holds them there.

That is why a drainage layer matters as much as the surface on a Lancaster job. Clean washed stone such as drainage rock or 3/4 clear rock gives water somewhere to go under a slab, a footing drain or a downspout run.

The lake sediment here is weak, frost susceptible and a poor aggregate source. Usable sand and gravel sit in the beach ridges and river terraces, which is where the material in a load comes from.

Spring brings the other half of the problem. Cutbank scour and bank slumping work on the tributary banks during the spring rise, and wind moves bare, flat, unsheltered field soil.

Riprap armours a culvert outlet or a slope against ice, wave and runoff.

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.

Winters here are among the coldest in the state, with frost driven deep into clay that holds water and heaves hard as it thaws. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets a frost depth of 5 feet for its Zone I counties, which is a footing depth set by the building official.

Delivery to Lancaster and the Surrounding Area

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 to help size the load.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile on site, so have the spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. Bulk loads are heavy and need firm ground under the wheels.

Lancaster sits in Kittson County, and we deliver across the county, including Hallock, Karlstad, Kennedy, Lake Bronson and St. Vincent.

Delivery coverage is Minnesota only.

Questions About Ordering in Lancaster

Do you supply contractors working in Lancaster?

Yes. Minnesota Rock Supply sells bulk aggregate to contractors and homeowners alike, and the ordering process is the same either way.

You choose the material, set the quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site in one pile.

Do you deliver Class 5 to Lancaster, MN?

Yes. Class 5 is the Minnesota base course, and it goes down under drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Order it by the ton or by the yard from our road base page and choose your delivery date at checkout.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Lancaster Job

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5 base, driveway surfacing, washed drainage stone, sand, black dirt and decorative rock to Lancaster and the rest of Kittson County. For building a drive, bedding a patio or running a drain, order online by the ton or by the yard and a truck tips it on site.