Class 5, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Roseau County, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Roseau County, MN by the ton. Start with Class 5, the standard Minnesota base course, and size the load on the product page calculator before you order.

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

Materials Delivered in Roseau County

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Order it at Class 5.

Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone.

It surfaces a drive and beds pavers. See Driveway Gravel.

Clear rock is washed stone with the fines taken out, which is the opposite of Class 5. It goes in drainage beds, drive surfacing, construction entrances and trench backfill.

See 3/4 Clear Rock.

Granite fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St. Cloud belt.

They bed pavers, flagstone and patios and compact into garden paths. See Granite Fines.

Drain rock runs as a 1 1/2 inch clear stone here. It fills French drains, drywells, footing and foundation drains, downspout runs and sewer bedding.

See Drainage Rock.

Riprap armours lakeshore, streambank, culvert outlets and slopes against ice, wave and spring runoff.

See RipRap.

Black dirt is what Minnesota calls topsoil, usually bought screened or pulverized. It builds lawns, sod beds and planting beds.

See Top Soil.

Mason sand goes into brick and block work, paver joints, sandboxes and play areas. See Mason Sand.

Ground Conditions Across Roseau County

The working season here is short at both ends. Base, drive and paver work waits for the thaw and for the clay to dry out, and spring load limits go up on North zone roads from late March into May.

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

That standing water is why a drainage layer matters under a slab or a paver bed. Clear rock and drain rock let water move; a fines-bearing base holds it.

Lake sediment is weak, frost susceptible and a poor aggregate source, so usable sand and gravel sit in the beach ridges and river terraces. Wind erosion off bare, flat, unsheltered fields is a real force here too.

Winters 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 60 inches for its Zone I counties, and the building official sets footing depth.

Along the Red and its tributaries, the spring rise cuts banks and slumps them. Riprap and large river rock arm a shoreline or a slope against that.

Delivery Across Roseau County

Minnesota Rock Supply covers Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Badger, Roosevelt, Strathcona, Salol and Wannaska. Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout.

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

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Plan where that pile should sit before the truck arrives.

Choosing the Right Material

Lake of the Woods County, Marshall County and Kittson County all share this ground region. The same glacial lake bed runs under them, so the base and drainage reasoning does not change from one to the next.

That means the choice turns on the job, not on the county line. A drive over clay wants a compacting base course under it, and a slab wants clean open stone beneath it.

Where the ground is peat rather than clay, water sits even longer. A drainage layer and a clean stone under a slab carry more weight there than they do on a well-drained ridge.

Order Class 5 and Aggregate in Roseau County

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, clear rock, granite fines, sand, black dirt and riprap across Roseau County, from Roseau and Warroad to Greenbush, Badger, Roosevelt, Strathcona, Salol and Wannaska. Order online by the ton or yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.