Gravel, Stone and Soil for Hood River County, OR
Oregon Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Hood River County, OR. The standard base here is 3/4 minus, a crushed rock graded from 3/4 inch down to fines.
Ground across the Cascade Range and Hood River Valley runs to young volcanic material, with pumice, cinders and ash over andesite and basalt. That ground drains fast where pumice sits near the surface.
Ground Conditions Across Hood River County
The working season is short. Snow and frozen ground stop base and paving work from late autumn until the ground dries out in late spring.
Time a delivery around that window.
Winter precipitation and spring snowmelt arrive fast off steep volcanic slopes. Runoff scours culverts, shoulders and stream banks, and can push debris flows down those slopes.
Where pumice is present, water moves through the ground instead of sitting on it. Where thin stony soil sits at elevation, it holds far less.
Frost depth is set by the county, not by the supplier. Ask the building official for the figure that applies to your site before you plan any footing work.
Materials Delivered in Hood River County
3/4 minus is the dense-graded base for this market.
Oregon specifies base aggregate by top size with a minus notation, and the Oregon Standard Specifications for Construction set dense-graded base at 2 1/2 inch - 0, 2 inch - 0, 1 1/2 inch - 0, 1 inch - 0 and 3/4 inch - 0 in Section 02630.10.
Section 00641.10 states that base aggregate is dense-graded unless otherwise specified. Section 02630.11 covers open-graded aggregate, the clean material with the fines screened out.
Choosing the Right Material
Multnomah County sits in the Portland Metro Area, on Willamette Valley and Portland Basin ground. That ground is deep slackwater silt laid down by the ice-age Missoula floods, with red clay and silty clay loam of the Jory series in the foothills.
Hood River County ground is young volcanic material, andesite and basalt with pumice, cinders and ash over it. The two differ in how water moves.
Silt and clay hold water and stay tight, so a fines-bearing base compacts well but drains poorly. Volcanic ground with pumice drains fast, so drainage stone and clean open rock do more of the work on wet ground here.
Delivery Across Hood River County
Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.
Pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives.
Coverage runs across the county, including Hood River, Cascade Locks and Mount Hood Parkdale.
Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Hood River County
Oregon Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Hood River County, including Hood River, Cascade Locks and Mount Hood Parkdale. Order online by the ton or by the yard, size the load with the calculator on any product page, and choose your delivery date at checkout.
Place your order when you are ready.