3/4 Clean and Bulk Aggregates for Nehalem, OR

Oregon Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Nehalem, OR, by the ton. The base under most drives and pads here is 3/4 minus, also called 3/4-0 or 3/4 inch minus.

It is crushed rock graded 3/4 inch down to fines, so it compacts and locks up. The Oregon Coast and Coast Range get 60 to 120 inches of rain a year, and that shapes what you put on the ground.

Materials for Nehalem Projects

Wet ground is the local problem, so washed stone does a lot of the work. Washed means the fines are screened out and water moves through instead of sitting.

Drain rock, also called round drain rock or 1 1/2 clean, is washed and open. It goes in French drains, curtain drains, footing drains, drywells and downspout runs.

Drain Rock lets water pass rather than pond. On ground that stays saturated for months, that difference decides whether a drain works.

3/4 clean, also called 3/4 open or 3/4 open-graded rock, is angular crushed rock with the fines screened out. Use it in drainage trenches, retaining wall backfill and construction entrances.

It also bridges soft wet ground that a fines-bearing rock would sink into. 3/4" Crushed Stone is the same open stone by inch size.

For tighter drainage work, 3/8 crushed rock, also called 3/8 clean, is small angular rock for pipe bedding and fine topping over a compacted base. See 3/8" Crushed Stone.

Where a surface has to compact instead of drain, 3/4 minus is the base course. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed bases, and it is what 3/4 Minus is sold for.

Quarry run, also called pit run, is raw rock straight from the pit or quarry face. It builds up soft ground and raises grade before a graded base course goes on top.

It is uncrushed, so it is not a finished surface. Quarry Run is the material for that first lift on low ground.

On top of a compacted base, 1/4 minus, also called quarter minus or 1/4-0, beds pavers and flagstone and does fine grading on paths. 1/4 Minus is the fines product.

For a smooth rounded stone, Natural Pea Gravel, also called 3/8 round rock, suits paths, play areas, dog runs and drainage. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is that rounded stone.

Decorative beds and dry creek beds take river rock, the rounded water-worn stone off the valley river bars. Willamette River Rock is the smaller size.

Large river rock, also called round landscape rock, is the heavier option for dry creek beds and splash pads under downspouts where small stone would wash out. See Large River Rock.

Delivery to Nehalem and the Surrounding Area

You 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 check out.

You pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site in one pile, ready for you to work from.

Oregon Rock Supply delivers across Nehalem and the rest of Tillamook County. That covers Tillamook, Bay City, Rockaway Beach, Hebo and Beaver.

Ground and Conditions in Nehalem

Base, drive and paver work runs from late spring into early autumn here. From October into April sites stay wet and bare ground has to be covered quickly.

That timing decides when a delivery makes sense. The Pacific keeps winters mild and freezes short, so it is months of saturation rather than frost that moves material on the Oregon Coast and Coast Range side.

Under the hills sit basalt headlands and uplifted marine sandstone and siltstone. Along the shore there is dune sand and soft bluff material, and the forested slopes carry deep weathered soil.

Winter storm waves and storm surge work on beaches, dunes and sea cliffs. Slides and slumps move in the bluffs, and low-lying ground floods during major storms.

That is why drainage gets built in from the start. A washed stone layer under a drain or a drywell gives water somewhere to go instead of holding it against a base or a footing.

Where ground is soft, quarry run builds grade first and a graded base goes over it. A clean open stone is the other option for wet spots that will not firm up.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Nehalem

Oregon Rock Supply delivers 3/4 minus, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across Nehalem and Tillamook County. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online when you are ready.