Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Lottie, LA

Louisiana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Lottie, LA, and 610 limestone is the base most ground here starts from. It is the local name for a crushed limestone base that runs from stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.

Lottie sits in Pointe Coupee Parish on the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains, where the ground is heavy clay and the water table stays close to the surface. That shapes what you order before anything else does.

Delivery to Lottie and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page carries a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out, and you choose a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck then tips the load in one pile at the site. Bulk delivery reaches Lottie and the rest of Pointe Coupee Parish, including New Roads, Livonia, Ventress, Fordoche and Morganza.

Materials for Lottie Projects

Decorative stone carries a lot of the outdoor work here, because beds, borders and dry creek beds sit on ground that stays wet. Rounded stone is the right call for those spots, since nothing under it has to compact.

River Rock covers beds and borders as a ground cover that will not pack down. Large River Rock is the cobble size for dry creek beds and decorative edging.

Rounded stone does not lock together, so it is not bank armour. For a bank or a canal edge, use angular RipRap instead.

For a driveway, start with 610 Limestone as the compacted layer, then surface it with clean stone. #57 Limestone is the clean open graded size at about 3/4 inch with no fines, and it also suits drainage and concrete work.

For a patio, bed the pavers on Mason Sand and sweep #89 Crushed Stone into the joints. For a drain, Drain Rock is the clean washed stone with the fines taken out.

Ground and Conditions in Lottie

Across the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains, the soil is recent alluvium: silty clay and clay loam laid down by the rivers, deep and heavy. Sandier natural levee ridges run along the old channels, and backswamp clay fills the low ground between them.

That clay will not take water. The land is flat, so the ridges are the only ground that drains by itself, and the backswamp holds rain until it is ditched or pumped away.

An under-built base fails on that ground. Water sits in the clay, and a base course laid too thin over it moves instead of holding, so the base layer is where the money goes.

Erosion here comes from river and bayou bank cutting, sheet flow across bare clay after a hard rain, and ditch and canal scour. Riprap and a working drainage layer are how those edges get held.

Work runs year round in this part of the state. Heavy rain and saturated clay, not cold, are what stop a compaction pass.

Questions About Ordering in Lottie

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Have your measurements ready before you order.

If the numbers look close, the calculator is the place to check them rather than guessing at the pile.

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Lottie?

Yes. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard when you order online, then pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site in Lottie or elsewhere in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Order 610 Limestone and Decorative Stone in Lottie

610 limestone is the base for drives, pads and flatwork here, and river rock, riprap and mason sand cover the decorative and finish work around it. Order online for delivery in Lottie, LA and the surrounding parish.