Order Class 5 and Crushed Stone in Lincoln County, MN

Tight till and almost no fall drain slowly across the Southern and western prairie till. Water sits until it drains or evaporates.

Gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Lincoln County, MN starts with the material that sheds it: Class 5.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk loads by the ton or the yard. Class 5 is the Minnesota base course.

Pair it with clear rock where water has to move.

Materials delivered in Lincoln County

Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard Minnesota base course.

It goes under drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec. It is 3/4 inch crushed quarry rock with fines, sold as Class 2 granite or buff limestone, and it surfaces drives and beds pavers over a compacted base.

Clear rock is the Minnesota way of saying washed with the fines taken out. Order 3/4 Clear Rock for drainage beds, drive surfacing, construction entrances and trench backfill.

Foundation rock and radon rock are the same stone, laid under basement slabs and around footing drains.

Drain rock is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock here. Use Drainage Rock for French drains, drywells, footing drains and downspout runs.

Washed sand, also sold as concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and pavers. Mason sand does brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

Black dirt and garden soil build lawns and raised beds, and shredded mulch holds moisture through the dry stretch of a Minnesota summer.

Ground conditions across Lincoln County

The working season here is long by Minnesota standards, running 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.

Time a bulk delivery around that window.

Under the black prairie soil sits gray, calcareous Des Moines lobe till, loamy to clayey and carrying shale brought down from the Dakotas. The surface is hummocky and potholed over much of it, with loess over the till in the southwest.

Tight ground drains slowly.

That slow drainage shapes what you put on it. A fines-bearing base like Class 5 binds and compacts, but water that cannot leave before it freezes heaves the ground under it.

Heaving is worst on the tight, shale-rich till.

Frost depth is 3 feet 6 inches (42 inches), the depth the Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets for its Zone II counties. That is a footing depth set by the building official, not a base depth.

Do not dig a gravel base below the frost line.

Bare cropland and graded lots shed sheet, rill and gully erosion after heavy summer storms, and banks cut where channels run. Riprap and large river rock arm slopes against ice, wave and spring runoff.

Delivery across Lincoln County

Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Coverage runs to Tyler, Lake Benton, Hendricks, Ivanhoe, Arco and the surrounding countryside.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Each product page has a calculator to help size the load. A dump truck tips the material in one pile on site.

Nothing else is involved: no placement, no spreading, and no one to meet at the truck.

Choosing the right material

Lincoln County, Lyon County and Pipestone County all sit on the same Southern and western prairie till. Yellow Medicine County sits in the Upper Minnesota River Valley on the same till as well.

The ground does not change across these lines.

So the choice here follows the job, not the county line. Same gray, calcareous Des Moines lobe till, same shale, same slow drainage whichever side you build on.

Start coarse and work down. Riprap and large river rock go on slopes and shorelines where water and ice hit first.

Clear rock and drain rock move water away from footings and slabs. Class 5 and Class 2 build the base and surface a drive.

Granite fines, mason sand and washed sand bed pavers and slabs. Black dirt, garden soil and mulch finish the ground around the work.

Order Class 5 and crushed stone for your Lincoln County job

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch across Lincoln County, including Tyler, Lake Benton, Hendricks, Ivanhoe and Arco. Class 5, clear rock, drain rock, riprap, granite fines and black dirt all ship by the ton or the yard.

Pick your material, size the load, and choose a delivery date at checkout to get your order moving.