Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Fairbanks, AK

Alaska Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Fairbanks, AK, and the ground here decides what goes under your project. Wind laid silt covers ice rich ground across the Tanana valley and the Interior uplands, and that silt will not carry a pad by itself.

D-1 base course is the compacted layer that does the work, and it goes over fill that has been built up first.

Delivery to Fairbanks and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page carries a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site.

Alaska Rock Supply delivers across Fairbanks and the rest of Fairbanks North Star Borough, including North Pole, Salcha and Fort Wainwright. The load arrives as one tipped pile.

Have the spot clear before the truck gets there, because the driver tips and leaves.

Materials for Fairbanks Projects

Decorative work around a home here usually means beds, borders and ground cover, and rounded stone covers all three. River rock is the standard choice for beds and borders.

It is rounded, so it never locks together, and that is fine anywhere nothing has to compact.

A dry creek bed needs bigger rounded stone than a bed does. Large river rock gives you the cobble for a creek bed, a decorative edge or a low bank.

Keep it off anything steep, because rounded cobble will not hold a slope.

For paths, dog runs and play areas, 3/8 inch natural pea gravel is the rounded size that stays comfortable underfoot. A finer packed surface comes from walkway gravel, which is what you want on a garden path.

Beds and tree rings take shredded mulch as a surface dressing. It sits on top and does nothing structural, so do not use it to build up grade.

When a project needs structure instead of decoration, the material changes. A driveway takes D-1 base course as its compacted layer, with driveway gravel over it for the wearing surface.

A patio or paver walkway takes stone screenings as a bedding and joint material.

Anything that has to move water takes clean washed stone. Drain rock has the fines taken out, so water passes through it rather than sitting in it, which suits French drains, foundation perimeter drains and downspout runs.

Ground and Conditions in Fairbanks

Start with the soil, because it decides how much base you need. Across the Tanana valley and the Interior uplands, wind laid silt sits over ice rich ground.

Silt holds little strength when it is wet, and the ice below it is the bigger problem.

Permafrost stops water moving down, so ground that looks free draining can hold moisture near the surface. Breakup then releases the whole winter snowpack in a short window, and bare silt cuts into gullies fast once the cover is off.

Thaw settlement, not drainage alone, is what ruins a pad on ice rich ground. Disturbing that ground lets it thaw and drop, so an under-built base fails from below no matter how level it looked when it went in.

Build the fill and base for the ground you actually have.

The working season is short between breakup and freeze-up. Frozen ground stops compaction for most of the year, and spring ground thawing is the worst of both.

Interior winters reach deeper and hold longer than anywhere else in the state.

No statewide frost depth figure applies here, and the local building official sets footing depth. On ice rich ground the governing question is keeping the ground frozen, not founding below a frost line.

Questions About Ordering in Fairbanks

How much material will my project need?

It depends on the area you are covering and the depth you want, and both of those are yours to decide. Each product page has a calculator you can use to size the load.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you pick the figure before you check out.

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Fairbanks?

Yes. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard when you order online, and Alaska Rock Supply delivers to sites across Fairbanks and the rest of Fairbanks North Star Borough.

You pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile.

Order Decorative Rock and Base Course for Your Fairbanks Project

D-1 base course is the material that carries a driveway, a parking pad or the layer under flatwork in Fairbanks, and it belongs over fill that has been built up on ground that will not settle. For beds, dry creek beds and ground cover, rounded stone does the job.

Order online when you know what the project needs.