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Gravel, Crushed Stone, Soil and Mulch Delivery in Indianapolis, IN
Bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, soil and mulch delivered across Indianapolis, IN, priced by the load for your ZIP.
- Min. order
- 2 tons or 2 yd³
- Area
- Indianapolis and nearby ZIPs
- From
- $425 delivered
Every price below is the delivered total.
Gravel Valet delivers bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, soil and mulch in Indianapolis, including ZIP 46201. Cut and filled ground, a long run of freezing nights each year and older houses with yards make solid bases and good drainage the main concerns.
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From$4992 ton delivered#57 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 to 1 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5352 ton deliveredPea Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed tan and brown
From$6462 ton deliveredRiver Rock
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1 to 3 inches
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed earth tones
From$4992 ton deliveredTopsoil
Soil and Fill- Size
- Screened
- Weight
- 2,200 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$5012 ton deliveredDriveway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch clean crushed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5092 ton deliveredRoad Base
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5662 ton deliveredMason Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$6322 yd deliveredBrown Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4252 ton deliveredAsphalt Millings
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,900 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
From$4482 ton delivered#4 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4562 ton delivered1-1/2" Crushed Gravel
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 1-1/2 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray to tan
From$4582 ton deliveredFill Dirt
Soil and Fill- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,400 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4652 ton deliveredStone Dust Screenings
Drainage and Base- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4762 ton deliveredCrushed Concrete
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light gray
From$4802 ton deliveredConcrete Sand
Sand- Size
- Coarse
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan to gray
From$4812 ton delivered#67 Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch and under
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4932 ton deliveredDrain Rock
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4952 ton delivered3/4" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5032 ton deliveredFill Sand
Sand- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$5042 ton delivered#89 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5042 ton deliveredWalkway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed
From$5042 ton deliveredPlayground Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine, washed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light tan
From$5062 ton delivered3/8" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5112 ton deliveredGarden Soil
Soil and Fill- Size
- Blended
- Weight
- 2,000 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$5402 yd deliveredCompost
Soil and Fill- Size
- Screened
- Weight
- 1,200 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$6192 yd deliveredRed Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Red
From$6332 yd deliveredBlack Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
From$6342 ton deliveredDecomposed Granite
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,500 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gold to tan
From$6352 ton deliveredRailroad Ballast
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$7182 yd deliveredWood Chips
Mulch and Wood- Size
- 1 to 3 inches
- Weight
- 700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Natural
From$7372 ton deliveredRiprap
Drainage and Base- Size
- 6 to 12 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
Popular projects
Common gravel projects in Indianapolis
The ground and weather in Indianapolis
Cut and Filled Ground
At the ZIP's center point the USDA soil survey maps Udorthents, cut and filled. That name describes ground that has been reshaped by people: soil scraped off in one place and piled in another, mixed and packed during past construction.[1]
Reworked ground like that can vary from one step to the next. Part of a yard may sit on firm, packed subsoil while a few feet away a pocket of loose fill settles under a load. A gravel drive or a paver patio built on it needs a careful look at the subgrade first.[1]
The USGS elevation service reads 770 feet above sea level at the center point. On reworked ground, that elevation tells little about drainage, so check where water actually collects after a rain before planning beds, drives or drains.[2]
Ground reshaped by past building can also drain unevenly. A buried layer of packed clay may hold water near the surface in one spot while sandy fill nearby drains freely, so a soggy patch in a lawn is often a clue to what lies underneath.[1]
A Wet Year and 120 Freezing Days
Indianapolis SE Side, IN, about 5 miles away, is the nearest NOAA normals station. It averages 44.6 inches of precipitation a year, rain and melted snow together.[3]
The station records 120 days a year with a low of 32 F or colder. Its median last spring freeze is April 20, and its median first fall freeze is October 21. Freeze and thaw are the biggest threat to any surface here: water in a base expands when it freezes, lifts the stone, and leaves a soft spot when it thaws.[3]
The defense is drainage. A base that lets water out before the next freeze stays firm, while one full of fines that holds water breaks up. Open stone at the bottom of a base and a crown on top do more good here than any surface material.[3]
Base work in spring should hold off until the ground has thawed and lost its surplus water after the April 20 date, because packing soggy soil traps that water in the subgrade. Snow piles thrown off a walk melt slowly on cold days and refreeze at night, so set them on a lawn edge rather than on a paver patio whose joints would fill with ice.[3]
Older Houses in ZIP 46201
The Census Bureau's survey counts 16,568 housing units in ZIP 46201. Detached single-family houses account for 65 percent of them. Across Indianapolis, a city of 401,428 units, the detached share is 59 percent. The median home in the ZIP was built in 1939 or earlier, while the city's median year built is 1973. Owners live in 52 percent of the ZIP's occupied homes.[4]
A ZIP of mostly detached houses means plenty of alleys, side drives, backyards and garden beds. Typical jobs include regraveling an alley parking pad, building a patio behind the house, refilling low spots in a lawn with Topsoil, and spreading mulch around foundation plantings.[4]
Work on older properties often turns up surprises underground: old walks, buried bricks, ash and cinders. Remove anything loose or soft from under a new base and replace it with packed Crushed Concrete or Road Base so the new surface does not settle.[4]
Alley parking pads get heavy use and little care. A refreshed pad needs the old, muddy stone scraped off, fabric over the subgrade, and a new layer of Road Base topped with Driveway Gravel.[4]
Rebuilding a Drive on Reworked Soil
A gravel drive or alley pad over cut and filled ground starts with digging out the old surface and any soft material beneath it. Probe the bottom with a steel bar, dig out soft spots, and pack the remaining subgrade. A woven fabric over it keeps fill and stone separate.[1]
A lower course of #4 Crushed Stone or 1-1/2" Crushed Gravel gives water an open path out of the base. Road Base packed in thin lifts goes above it, and Driveway Gravel or 3/4" Crushed Stone dresses the top. Crown the finished surface so melt and rain run to the edges.[3]
The Indiana Department of Transportation lists Compacted Aggregate, No. 53, in Section 301 Aggregate Base of its INDOT Standard Specifications 2026. That section covers state road bases. A private drive follows the same principles of packing and drainage on a smaller scale.[5]
Where a drive meets an alley or the street, a firm edge stops stone from spreading onto the pavement. A strip of packed Road Base at the apron, with the loose surface stone held back a short distance, keeps the transition clean.[1]
Garden Beds Over Fill
Reworked fill makes poor garden soil: it is often packed hard, short on organic matter, and mixed with debris. A new bed goes better with a layer of Topsoil or Garden Soil spread over loosened ground, and with Compost worked into the top.[1]
Raised beds suit this ground well. A frame filled with Garden Soil gives roots clean, loose soil and drains fast after rain. Plant tender crops after the April 20 median last freeze, and expect the season to wind down around the October 21 median first freeze.[3]
Mulch protects beds through the swings of a Midwest year. Brown Shredded Mulch or Black Shredded Mulch holds moisture in summer and insulates roots in winter, and Wood Chips suit paths between beds and the ground under trees.[3]
Foundation plantings on reworked ground often sit in compacted, debris-filled soil. Replacing the top layer with Topsoil and Compost, then mulching with Brown Shredded Mulch, gives shrubs a fresh start and keeps rain from splashing soil onto the siding.[1]
Downspouts, Basements and Drain Rock
With 44.6 inches of yearly precipitation at the nearby station, water near a foundation is a common problem. The first fix is moving roof water away: a buried line from each downspout to a dry well filled with Drain Rock, well away from the wall.[3]
Where water collects along a wall or a fence line, a French drain carries it off. Line a trench with fabric, lay a perforated pipe, and fill with Drain Rock or #57 Crushed Stone. Drain Rock moves water fastest, while #57 Crushed Stone packs a little firmer if people will walk over the drain.[3]
In an area with 120 freezing days a year, a gravel strip of River Rock or #57 Crushed Stone along a foundation also keeps soil from splashing onto siding and lets water soak in rather than freezing against the wall.[3]
Window wells collect water too. A layer of Drain Rock or #57 Crushed Stone in the bottom of each well, over a drain if one exists, keeps water from pooling against the basement window.[3]
The numbers behind this page
| Fact | Value | Applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil map unit at the ZIP's center point | Udorthents, cut and filled | City center point | [1] |
| Ground elevation at the ZIP's center point | 770 feet | City center point | [2] |
| NOAA normals station used | Indianapolis SE Side, IN, about 5 miles away | Weather station | [3] |
| Average yearly precipitation | 44.6 inches | Weather station | [3] |
| Days a year the low reaches 32 F or colder | 120 days | Weather station | [3] |
| Median date of the last spring freeze (32 F) | April 20 | Weather station | [3] |
| Median date of the first fall freeze (32 F) | October 21 | Weather station | [3] |
| Housing units in ZIP 46201 | 16,568 | This ZIP | [4] |
| Share of homes in ZIP 46201 that are detached single-family houses | 65 percent | This ZIP | [4] |
| Share of homes in Indianapolis that are detached single-family houses | 59 percent | Whole city | [4] |
| Housing units in Indianapolis | 401,428 | Whole city | [4] |
| Median year homes in ZIP 46201 were built | 1939 or earlier | This ZIP | [4] |
| Median year homes in Indianapolis were built | 1973 | Whole city | [4] |
| Share of occupied homes in ZIP 46201 lived in by the owner | 52 percent | This ZIP | [4] |
| Indiana Department of Transportation aggregate base specification | Compacted Aggregate, No. 53, Section 301 Aggregate Base, INDOT Standard Specifications 2026 | State | [5] |
Sources
- USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO soil survey), retrieved 2026-10-31
- USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP), retrieved 2026-10-31
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, annual and seasonal, retrieved 2026-10-30
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (tables B25001, B25003, B25024, B25035), retrieved 2026-10-30
- Indiana Department of Transportation, INDOT Standard Specifications 2026, Section 301 Aggregate Base, retrieved 2026-10-29
Point and station values describe one spot, not every lot in town. Check your own site before you build.
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- 2 tons or 2 cubic yards
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- $425 for 2 tons of Asphalt Millings
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What goes under a gravel alley pad in Indianapolis?
Dig out soft material and probe for loose fill, then lay woven fabric. Add an open course of #4 Crushed Stone, then Road Base packed in thin lifts, then Driveway Gravel. The USDA survey maps the ZIP's center point as Udorthents, cut and filled, so the subgrade can vary and needs checking before the stone goes down.
How do I keep a gravel drive from heaving in winter?
Drain the base. An open lower course of #4 Crushed Stone lets water out before it freezes, and a crown sheds melt to the sides. The Indianapolis SE Side station records 120 freezing days a year, so a base that holds water will lift and soften.
When should I plant in spring?
The nearby station has a median last spring freeze of April 20 and a median first fall freeze of October 21. Fill raised beds with Garden Soil and set tender plants after the April date. Spread shredded mulch once the ground has dried.
What do I do about water in my basement?
Start outside. Run each downspout to a dry well filled with Drain Rock, and add a French drain with fabric, a perforated pipe and Drain Rock where water gathers along the wall. The nearby station averages 44.6 inches of precipitation a year, so roof water alone is a lot to manage.
Is fill dirt good enough for a garden bed?
No. Fill Dirt is for raising grade and packing under structures. For beds, use Garden Soil or Topsoil with Compost worked in. Reworked ground like the cut and filled soil at the ZIP's center point is usually short on organic matter, so bring in soil made for plants.