Bulk Gravel Delivery to Sprague, WA

Washington Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Sprague, WA, from a shed pad to a fresh parking area. Most drives and pads here start with 5/8 minus.

It is crushed rock with the fines left in, so it packs hard and sheds water instead of soaking it up.

Across the Columbia Basin, Yakima Valley and the channeled scablands, windblown loess covers basalt and the ground runs dry and loose. The same material works on a Sprague path, a driveway or a slab base.

Ground and Conditions in Sprague

Around Sprague, silt sheds water rather than absorbing it. A thin surfacing course on that ground shows ruts and loose edges after a cloudburst or a rapid thaw.

The fix is a structural course below the top course. Use 1 1/4 minus, also called crushed surfacing base course, under the surface rock.

It carries load because it has few fines and a larger top size.

Wind off bare silt and short violent runoff cut rills and gullies in exposed soil. Cover the ground with compacted rock and topsoil so the surface stays put.

Irrigation runoff moves soil too, so keep edges tight.

This part of the state gives a long working season either side of a hard winter. The wet weather season for erosion control runs October 1 through June 30.

Once snow falls or the ground freezes, placing and compacting base material stops being practical.

Winters here are cold and dry, and the ground freezes properly. Frost heave in an unbound base is something to design for.

The county or city building department sets the figure, and it runs deeper with elevation.

Materials for Sprague Projects

Fines and screenings do the path and walkway work on a Sprague property. 1/4 minus, also called quarter minus, packs down tight underfoot and suits side yards and garden paths.

Crusher dust, or 3/8 minus, beds pavers and flagstone and fills joints.

For the top of a drive or parking pad, 5/8 minus is the Washington default surfacing course. Driveway gravel is the blended option many rural approaches use.

Both link to the product pages below.

Washed stone drains instead of compacting, so it belongs where water has to move. Drain rock, also called 7/8 clean, keeps its voids in footing drains and French drains.

3/4 clean backfills trenches and surrounds pipe. Riprap armours a culvert outfall or a cut slope, and railroad ballast is the track rock for spurs and equipment pads.

Sand, soil and mulch finish the job. Washed sand goes into concrete and setting beds, mason sand sweeps paver joints, and screened topsoil repairs lawns and grades out settlement.

Delivery to Sprague and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on site.

Bulk delivery covers Sprague and the rest of Lincoln County, including Davenport, Wilbur, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington. Flag the drop area before the truck arrives so the pile lands clear of overhead lines and parked vehicles.

Sprague sits in Lincoln County, and a rural address with a long approach is fine. Keep the route to the drop point wide enough for a truck and clear of soft ground, because a loaded truck needs firm footing to tip.

Order Your Rock for Sprague

Work out your quantity on the product page calculator, then choose a delivery date at checkout. For surfacing a long drive, bedding a patio or running a drain, Washington Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil to Sprague and Lincoln County.

Place your order online when you are ready.