Stone Screenings for Pathways in Sitka, AK

Alaska Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Sitka, AK for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives, pads and drainage, and homeowners fixing a path or a wet corner of the yard.

Both start in the same place, with D-1 base course, the graded base this market specifies by letter. The ground here also pushes every project toward drainage, so plan for water before you plan the surface.

Ground and Conditions in Sitka

Across the Southeast panhandle and the Tongass coast, the ground is thin acid soil over bedrock, broken up by deep peat and poorly drained muskeg.

The well drained ground sits on alluvial fans and scree slopes, not on the flats. A base laid on peat or thin soil over rock does not fail loudly.

It pumps, shifts and ruts under a tire or a boot, because there is nothing underneath to carry the load.

Rain drives the problem. This part of the state gets water in quantities that change what a base has to do, onto soil that is often already saturated, so nothing drains by itself.

The fix is a way out for the water: a compacted base that sheds it, and clean stone where it has to move through and leave. Work runs close to year round at sea level here, and it is rain rather than cold that stops a compaction pass.

Materials for Sitka Projects

Paths and walkways are where the fine material earns its place. A packed, fine surface takes a boot without the loose scatter a coarser gravel leaves, which matters on the wet ground here.

Stone Screenings are the crusher fines that pass the finest screen. They bed pavers, fill the joints between them, and pack into a firm top for a garden path.

Walkway Gravel is the finer gravel made for paths and walkways. It packs underfoot instead of rolling, so a route stays walkable through a wet season.

3/8" Crushed Stone is a fine crushed size for bedding under pavers and for topping a walkway. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is the rounded pea sized option for paths, dog runs and play areas.

Under any of those, the structural layer is D-1 Base Course. It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and the compacted layer under flatwork.

C-1 is the coarser grading of the two, used where a deeper structural layer is wanted.

Where the ground is low, Pit Run builds it up first. Pit run is unscreened gravel as it comes out of the pit, not a crushed product, and it raises a pad before a base course goes over it.

For wet ground, Drain Rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out. It serves French drains, foundation perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs, and the same clean drainage stone is specified as a filter blanket under Subsection 703-2.08.

Delivery to Sitka and the Surrounding Area

Sitka sits in Sitka City and Borough. You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Choosing between tons and yards comes down to how you are measuring the job. If you are working from an area, each product page has a calculator to size the load, and the product page is the place to start.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so the spot you pick is the spot the material lands. Have that ground clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Order Your Path and Base Material

Start with the quantity: decide the material, then use the calculator on the product page to size the load by the ton or the yard. From there you pick a delivery date at checkout and a truck tips it on site.

Order the screenings, base course and drainage stone you need for your Sitka project.