What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone has angular faces that lock together, while Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and washed. A minus product keeps its crusher fines and compacts into a hard surface; a clean or washed product has the fines taken out and drains instead. Rounded stone like Natural Pea Gravel will not compact, so it is best for play areas, dog runs and planting beds, and it should be edged where it can wander.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Either works, and the choice is usually about how the job was figured. Tons suit a weight-based estimate, while yards suit a volume-based one, such as filling a known area. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Pick the unit that matches your numbers and enter the quantity at checkout.

Which stone is best for drainage in Pacific County?

Drain rock, also called 7/8 clean, is the washed drainage stone, and it keeps its voids where a perched water table sits on till. For trench backfill and pipe surround, 3/4 clean works the same way. On ground that is already saturated, put a drainage layer under the base course rather than relying on the base to shed the water.

Pacific County 5/8 Minus and Gravel Delivery, WA

Washington Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Pacific County, WA to homeowners, contractors and farms. If you are surfacing a drive, the material to start with is 5/8 minus.

The ground here decides how that goes. Along the outer coast and the bays the soil runs to sand, peat and tidal silt, and ground that is already saturated will not hold a base course without a drainage layer under it.

Ground Conditions Across Pacific County

Across the Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific coast, the wet season is long and the reliable dry window is short, running mid to late summer. The two-day soil stabilization rule for western Washington applies from October 1 through April 30.

On the coast that window is the practical limit on open grade. Saturated ground will not hold a base course without a drainage layer beneath it, so plan the drainage layer and the base together.

Winter rain on steep, thin-soiled slopes drives erosion, and streambanks scour in rivers that rise fast. Surf, drift and storm surge work the shorelines and bay edges through the same months.

Winters stay mild, so temperature rarely stops the work. What stops it is water.

Frost depth is set by the county or city building department.

Materials Delivered in Pacific County

5/8 Minus, also called crushed surfacing top course or CSTC, is the Washington default surfacing course. The fines stay in, so it packs hard and sheds water instead of soaking it up.

Use it for driveways, parking pads, and shed and shop slabs.

Choosing the Right Material

Wahkiakum County sits in Southwest Washington, on river terrace silt and gravel along the Columbia, Cowlitz and Chehalis, weathered marine sandstone and siltstone in the Willapa Hills, and volcanic ash and reworked lahar deposits on ground draining Mount St. Helens.

That is a different ground from the thin stony soil, deep organic forest soil, sand, peat and tidal silt of Pacific County. On terrace silt and gravel, drainage is less of the question than it is on coastal sand and peat.

Grays Harbor County sits in the same ground region as Pacific County. The ground is the same, so the material logic carries across.

Match the size to the job. Minus products compact and hold; clean or washed products drain.

Neither one replaces the other.

5/8 minus for a surfacing course that packs hard.
1 1/4 minus for the structural course below it.
Drain rock or 3/4 clean for a drainage layer under a base on wet ground.
RipRap for shoreline, streambank and culvert outfall protection.

Delivery Across Pacific County

Order online and a dump truck tips the load on site. You choose the quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size it.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. Washington Rock Supply covers Raymond, South Bend, Tokeland, Naselle, Long Beach, Ocean Park and Ilwaco, along with the rest of Pacific County.

Timing matters more here than in drier parts of the state. Between October 1 and April 30 the ground is often too wet to work, so a delivery date in the dry window keeps a project moving.

Order Gravel, Stone and Aggregate in Pacific County

Washington Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Pacific County, from Raymond and South Bend to Long Beach, Ilwaco and the Willapa Bay communities. Choose your material, size the load by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and a truck will tip it on site.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Pacific County, WA