How deep should a gravel driveway base be in Nicholas County?

Depth depends on what is under the drive. Soft ground, old fill and mine regolith will not carry a load until they drain and compact, so they need a heavier base course, while firm ground takes less. Class 1 base is the layer to build up when the subgrade is weak, with Class 2 crusher run as a tighter top course over it. Confirm any footing depth with the county building official.

How much gravel do I need for my project?

Order by the ton or by the yard, and size the load with the calculator on the product page. That keeps the quantity in line with your area and the material you pick, whether it is crusher run for a drive, #57 limestone for a drain, or riprap for a creek bank. Check out once the quantity looks right.

Do you deliver to Nicholas County?

Yes. West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Nicholas County, from Summersville and Craigsville to Richwood, Tioga, Nettie and the surrounding communities. You choose the quantity, order online, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site.

Nicholas County Landscape Rock and Gravel, WV

West Virginia Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Nicholas County, WV to homeowners, contractors and crews. Crusher run leads the list, because it is the base and drive material most of this county is built on.

From Summersville and Craigsville to Richwood, Tioga and Nettie, the ground is steep, stony and wet. The material you put down has to shed water and hold a grade on a hillside.

Materials Delivered in Nicholas County

Crusher run is the everyday West Virginia base and drive material. It is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up tight under a roller and holds a grade on a hillside drive.

Local quarries sell it by top size: 3/4 inch, 1-1/2 inch and coarser.

West Virginia base material is specified by the WVDOH Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges. Section 307 covers crushed aggregate base course, and its material requirement comes from Subsection 704.6, which grades base and subbase aggregate by numbered class in Table 704.6.2A.

Class 10 is footnoted as crusher run material only.

67, No. 8 and No.

4. Those class and size numbers are how material is specified and sold locally.

Choosing the Right Material

Class 1 base is the heavier base course under drives, parking pads, shop floors and slabs. It is also the layer to build up when the subgrade is soft ground or old fill.

Class 2 base is the finer crusher run class, used where a drive or pad wants a tighter surface than the coarse base gives, and as a top course over a Class 1 base.

Class 2 also names a riprap weight class in West Virginia, so be clear which one you mean when you order.

Clean washed stone does a different job than crusher run. #57 limestone and #67 stone go into French drains, pipe bedding and drainage beds, where water has to move through the stone instead of sitting in it.

#4 crushed stone suits construction entrances, trench bottoms and the first lift over very soft ground.

If you are working on a neighbouring county's ground, the material choice shifts with it. Greenbrier County spans the Greenbrier limestone valley and the Allegheny Plateau coalfields, so part of that county sits on limestone valley ground rather than the coalfield hillsides here.

Braxton County is rolling to steep dissected hill country on shale, siltstone and sandstone, with mine regolith where the northern seams were worked. Webster County shares the Allegheny highlands and the Allegheny Front ground that runs through the Richwood end of Nicholas County, so the base and drainage reasoning there is the same.

Ground Conditions Across Nicholas County

Nicholas County spans two ground regions, and the failure modes differ between them. In the Allegheny Plateau coalfields around Summersville, Craigsville, Tioga and Nettie, steep hillsides of acid, stony residuum sit over sandstone, shale and coal measures.

Deep colluvium fills the hollows, and mine spoil and regolith cover the old workings and benches. Flat ground is scarce, and much of what is flat is fill.

That is where a thin base shows itself first. Saturated hillside fill will not compact, and a drive built on it before it drains loses its grade.

The fix is to build up the base course until it carries the load, and to keep water out of the subgrade with a clean stone drainage layer.

In the Allegheny highlands and the Allegheny Front around Richwood, the soil is thin, acid and very stony over sandstone and shale. Bedrock is close to the surface on the benches.

Rain and deep snowmelt cannot soak in, so they run, and springs and seeps break out partway down a slope.

The erosion risk here is real. In the coalfields, mine regolith is the most slide-prone material and shale and siltstone units are the most susceptible rock, with unreclaimed workings, timber cutting, road cuts and sidecast fill the usual triggers.

Creek banks scour hard in a flash rise. In the highlands, slides and slumps show on slopes over about 17 degrees, and mountain streams rise hard and fast and scour banks and culvert outlets.

Both regions are subject to freeze and thaw. Frost depth is set by the county or municipal building official, so confirm the local figure before you set anything in the ground.

Delivery Across Nicholas County

You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Each product page has a calculator, and the calculator is the right way to size a load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and the truck arrives with the material. Delivery covers Summersville, Richwood, Craigsville, Tioga, Nettie, Fenwick, Belva, Birch River, Calvin, Canvas, Leivasy, Mount Lookout, Mount Nebo and Pool.

Order Your Load for Nicholas County

Start with the quantity. Check the calculator on the product page for the material you need, whether that is crusher run, Class 1 base, riprap or washed stone, and order online by the ton or yard.

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers across Nicholas County, and you pick your delivery date at checkout. Place your order and a truck will tip the load on site.

Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Nicholas County, WV