Pea Gravel and Bulk Aggregates for Utica, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Utica, MN, with Class 5 as the base course for drives, pads and road work. Utica sits in Winona County, in Driftless bluff and karst country where loess covers limestone and water moves fast.

Class 5 is the Minnesota name for the standard base, a crushed aggregate with the fines left in so it binds and compacts under a drive or a shed pad.

Materials for Utica Projects

Washed stone is the clean side of the yard: the fines are washed out, so water passes straight through instead of sitting in the pile. On karst ground that matters, because a downspout run aimed at a sinkhole goes straight to groundwater.

Drainage Rock is the usual 1 1/2 inch clear rock here. It goes in French drains, drywells, footing and foundation drains, downspout runs and sewer bedding.

3/4 Clear Rock is the smaller clean stone. Use it for drainage beds, drive surfacing, construction entrances and trench backfill, and for the clean layer under a basement slab.

3/8" Crushed Stone is the fine end of the washed sizes. It suits pipe bedding, tight drainage and a thin topping over a compacted base.

For the base itself, Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course. It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Driveway Gravel covers Class 2, the 3/4 inch crushed surfacing aggregate sold as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone. It tops an existing drive or finishes over a compacted base.

Delivery to Utica and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load.

Bulk delivery to a site in Utica arrives as a dump truck that tips the load in one pile. From there it is yours to move.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Winona County, including Winona, St. Charles, Lewiston, Rollingstone and Altura.

Ground and Conditions in Utica

This part of the state has one of the longer working seasons, running from the thaw into late autumn. Spring load limits go up on Southeast zone roads in early March and come off in April, so timing a delivery around that window is worth planning.

Underneath, the ground is loess over residual soil on Paleozoic limestone, dolostone and sandstone. It is thin on the ridge tops and deep in the valleys, with rock outcrops on the bluffs and little or no glacial drift.

That is karst ground, worked by groundwater into sinkholes, springs and caves. Water runs off steep slopes fast and then disappears into sinkholes and fractures rather than soaking in evenly.

Surface flow is flashy, valley floors flood quickly, and steep loess slopes are prone to rill and gully erosion. Clean washed stone in a drain gives that water somewhere to go.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and frost lifts slabs and walks on the thin, silty soils over rock. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 3 feet 6 inches for its Zone II counties.

Order Aggregate Delivery in Utica, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, washed stone, sand and soil in bulk across Utica and Winona County. Order online, size the load by the ton or yard, and choose your delivery date at checkout.