Bulk Aggregates for Drainage in Harsens Island, MI

Water is the problem here. Gravel and aggregate delivery in Harsens Island, MI starts with that fact. The ground is flat, poorly drained clay, and spring snowmelt sits in low spots until it finds a ditch. Michigan Rock Supply stocks 21AA limestone for the base work and washed stone for the water.

Order online, size the load, and a dump truck brings it to your site.

Materials for Harsens Island Projects

Start with drainage. Washed stone has no fines, so water moves through it instead of pooling. That makes it the right call for French drains, drywells and downspout runs on ground that will not soak away on its own.

Coarsest first, here is what each size does.

• #4 Crushed Stone is heavy drainage stone. Use it in trench bottoms, drywells and construction entrances.
• #57 Stone handles French drains, foundation drains and downspout runs. It is the standard washed drainage stone.
• #67 Stone does the same work at a slightly smaller size, and it goes into concrete.
• Drain Rock covers French drains, drywells and downspout runs, including slow-draining clay ground.
• RipRap armors shorelines, culvert outlets and slope toes against waves, ice and spring runoff.

Finer washed stone finishes tight work. #8 Crushed Stone and #89 Crushed Stone fit paver joints and tight bedding.

For a driveway, 21AA Limestone is the Michigan base. Cap it with Driveway Gravel. Where a hard-packing mix of stone, sand and fines is wanted on an unpaved drive or private road, use 22A Road Gravel. The 22A class is separate from 21AA and is not for drainage work.

Bedding and soil round out a job. Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone. Washed Sand levels under slabs. Top Soil rebuilds a lawn over clay. Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds.

Delivery to Harsens Island and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and use the calculator to size the load before you send it.

We deliver across St. Clair County, including Port Huron, Fort Gratiot, Marysville, St. Clair and Algonac. A dump truck arrives at your site and places the material where you want it dumped.

Time the drop for dry ground. Frozen ground stops compaction in winter, and spring frost laws limit heavy trucks on many roads during the thaw. Pick a date when the truck can reach the site and the base can still be worked.

Ground and Conditions in Harsens Island

You are working on a flat former glacial lake bed. The soil is clay, silty clay and clay loam, poorly drained across most of the ground, with sandy beach ridges and sand channels cutting through in places.

That ground decides your base. Water stands in low spots, and much of the land leans on ditches and tile drains to move it. A thin base over saturated clay softens and ruts as frost leaves the ground. Freeze-thaw hits every winter and spring, and the frost depth under the Michigan Residential Code is 42 inches. Build the drainage layer first, then the base.

Timing matters too. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Streams and ditches on the flat lake plain rise fast after rain and snowmelt and scour their banks, so arm the outlets before the next high water.

Order Bulk Aggregate in Harsens Island

Michigan Rock Supply delivers 21AA limestone, washed drainage stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Harsens Island and St. Clair County. Pick your material, size the load with the calculator, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Order online when your site is ready.