Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Middle River, MN

Water sits where it lands across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain, so gravel and aggregate delivery in Middle River, MN starts with a grade that drains. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, fill dirt and black dirt to build that grade.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course, the material a drive, pad or road base starts from.

Delivery to Middle River and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on your site in Middle River. The driver tips it in one pile and takes no instruction on where it lands.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Marshall County, including Warren, Argyle, Stephen, Newfolden and Oslo. Bulk loads arrive by dump truck, so leave room for the truck to reach the pile spot.

Materials for Middle River Projects

Raising grade and building pads come first here. The lake plain ground is flat and holds water, so a pad that sits low stays wet.

Fill dirt, sold as common borrow, brings the lot up before anything goes on top.

Once the pad is up, Class 5 goes down as the base course. It is the standard Minnesota base for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Order it at Class 5.

For a drive that needs a tighter surface, Class 2 is the Minnesota surfacing class. It is a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines, sold as Class 2 granite or limestone.

Order it at Driveway Gravel.

Where the ground is soft and the base needs to bind, crusher run keeps the fines in so it compacts. Minnesota yards sell it by class or by a minus size.

Order it at Crusher Run.

Bedding and levelling under slabs and pavers call for washed sand, also sold as concrete sand. Order it at Washed Sand.

Lawns, sod beds and planting beds take black dirt, which is what Minnesota calls topsoil. It is usually bought screened.

Order it at Top Soil.

Ground and Conditions in Middle River

The ground across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain is the flat bed of glacial Lake Agassiz. Deep silt and clay settled out in still water, and the lake clay runs as much as 150 feet thick along the northwestern border.

That clay is weak, frost susceptible and a poor aggregate source. Usable sand and gravel sit in the beach ridges and river terraces, not in the lake sediment.

Almost no fall crosses the lake plain, and a tight clay or peat subgrade sits underneath. Meltwater and rain stay where they land.

The Red River runs north into ground that is still frozen and overtops most springs.

An under-built base on that ground pumps and shifts. Bring the grade up with fill first, then put Class 5 down over it.

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.

Questions About Ordering in Middle River

What is the best base under pavers in Middle River?

A compacted Class 5 base is the Minnesota standard under pavers, with washed sand bedded on top.

Bring the grade up with fill first where the ground sits low, then build the base over that.

Do you supply contractors working in Middle River?

Yes. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil to contractors across Marshall County, including Warren, Argyle, Stephen, Newfolden and Oslo.

Order online by the ton or by the yard, pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Order Class 5 and Fill for Your Middle River Site

Class 5 is the base course that carries drives, pads and road base in this part of Minnesota. Fill dirt brings a low lot up to grade first.

Order online, size your load, and Minnesota Rock Supply will deliver it to your Middle River site.