Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in West Carroll Parish, LA
Louisiana Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in West Carroll Parish, LA to your site by the ton. Start with the calculator on each product page to size the load, then pick your material.
For most drives and pads here, that material is 610 limestone, the dense graded base that packs hard on this heavy alluvial ground.
Ground Conditions Across West Carroll Parish
The ground across the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains 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 sits in 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.
A high water table this close to the surface changes what you build. The drainage layer is the part that has to work, and a clean open stone matters more than a fines-bearing one.
Erosion follows the same pattern: bank cutting along rivers and bayous, sheet flow across bare clay after a hard rain, and scour in ditches and canals. Riprap and angular stone hold those edges; rounded rock does not.
Work runs year round here. Heavy rain and saturated clay, not cold, are what stop a compaction pass, so plan a delivery around the wet spells rather than the calendar.
Materials Delivered in West Carroll Parish
610 limestone is the Louisiana base size, also called #610, 610 base or CR610. It runs from stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.
Louisiana DOTD specifies aggregate quality in Section 1003 of the Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges, with soundness and abrasion requirements in Subsection 1003.01. A source has to meet Section 1003 to be listed on the department's approved materials list.
Order 610 Limestone for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and the compacted layer under flatwork.
Crushed Concrete is recycled Portland cement concrete, crushed and screened to a dense graded size with the fines left in. Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material.
#57 Limestone is the clean open graded size, about 3/4 inch with no fines. It goes on a driveway surface and in drainage and concrete work.
#67 Stone is a clean stone a little finer than #57, for drainage trenches, pipe bedding and concrete. #4 Crushed Stone is a coarse clean stone, roughly 1 1/2 inch, for heavy drainage, erosion work and stabilising very wet ground.
Drain Rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out, for French drains, foundation perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs. On ground with a water table this close to the surface, that is the layer that has to work.
Stone Screenings are the crusher fines that pass the finest screen, a bedding and joint material under pavers and a packing top for a path.
Select Fill raises low ground and builds a pad up out of the water. It compacts rather than settling, so it goes under a base course and not under a lawn.
Top Soil is the growing layer for lawns, beds and grade repair.
Choosing the Right Material
Richland Parish and East Carroll Parish sit on the same ground region as West Carroll Parish: the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains, with the same recent alluvium of silty clay, clay loam, sandy levee ridges and backswamp clay.
Because the ground is the same, the material choice is the same. A base course of 610 limestone over select fill where the grade is low, and a clean stone drainage layer where water stands, works the same way in all three parishes.
What changes is the job in front of you, not the parish line. Wet ground calls for select fill and a coarse clean stone; a dry pad calls for 610 and a surface stone on top.
Delivery Across West Carroll Parish
Order online and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.
You pick a delivery date at checkout, and the truck covers the parish, including Oak Grove, Epps and Pioneer.
There is no counter to visit and nothing to collect. The material arrives as a tipped pile, so have the spot clear before the truck reaches you.
Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in West Carroll Parish
Louisiana Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and fill across West Carroll Parish, including Oak Grove, Epps and Pioneer. Choose your material, size the load with the calculator, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.