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Gravel, Stone, Soil and Mulch Delivery in Kansas City, KS
Bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, soil and mulch delivered across Kansas City, KS, priced by the load for your ZIP.
- Min. order
- 2 tons or 2 yd³
- Area
- Kansas City and nearby ZIPs
- From
- $432 delivered
Every price below is the delivered total.
Building a drive, a patio or a planting bed in Kansas City, Kansas goes better when the stone suits the ground underneath it. Gravel Valet trucks bulk gravel, sand, soil and mulch to ZIP 66101 and the blocks around it.
Below, each material is matched to the silt, the slope, the freezes and the rain measured near downtown, so the first load you order is the right one.
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Every price is the delivered total for 2 tons or yards, in whole dollars.
From$5122 ton delivered#57 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 to 1 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5002 ton deliveredPea Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed tan and brown
From$1,1312 ton deliveredRiver Rock
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1 to 3 inches
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed earth tones
From$5422 ton deliveredTopsoil
Soil and Fill- Size
- Screened
- Weight
- 2,200 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$4962 ton deliveredDriveway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch clean crushed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4772 ton deliveredRoad Base
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4712 ton deliveredMason Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$5362 yd deliveredBrown Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4322 ton deliveredFill Dirt
Soil and Fill- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,400 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4482 ton deliveredAsphalt Millings
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,900 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
From$4632 ton deliveredStone Dust Screenings
Drainage and Base- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4652 ton deliveredConcrete Sand
Sand- Size
- Coarse
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan to gray
From$4672 ton deliveredPlayground Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine, washed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light tan
From$4712 ton deliveredFill Sand
Sand- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$4802 ton delivered#67 Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch and under
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4882 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$4892 ton delivered3/8" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4892 ton deliveredCrushed Concrete
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light gray
From$4912 ton deliveredWalkway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed
From$4922 ton deliveredDrain Rock
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4952 ton deliveredRiprap
Drainage and Base- Size
- 6 to 12 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5022 ton delivered#89 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5062 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$5132 ton delivered3/4" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5412 yd deliveredBlack Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
From$5612 ton deliveredGarden Soil
Soil and Fill- Size
- Blended
- Weight
- 2,000 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$6012 yd deliveredCompost
Soil and Fill- Size
- Screened
- Weight
- 1,200 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$6312 yd deliveredWood Chips
Mulch and Wood- Size
- 1 to 3 inches
- Weight
- 700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Natural
From$6372 ton deliveredRailroad Ballast
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$6622 yd deliveredRed Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Red
From$7552 ton deliveredDecomposed Granite
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,500 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gold to tan
Popular projects
Common gravel projects in Kansas City
The ground and weather in Kansas City
Silt Carried In by the Wind
The USGS geologic compilation puts a Pleistocene deposit called Loess under the ZIP's center point, and its material is silt. Loess is dust that wind once carried and dropped in thick blankets, so its grains are fine, even and a little floury between the fingers. On top of it, the USDA soil survey maps Knox silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes, at that same point, and the Knox series makes up 80 percent of the map unit.[1],[2]
Silt has habits of its own under stone. Dry, it packs firm and holds a cut bank well. Wet, it goes soft and lets coarse rock press down into it, and when water freezes inside it the surface can heave. Any hard surface on silt calls for a thick stone layer, a way for water to leave, and a barrier between the rock and the native ground where traffic is heavy. A woven fabric laid under the first course of stone keeps the two from mixing over the years.[2]
The survey rates the Knox soil at the center point as well drained and puts it in hydrologic group B, so rain soaks in at a moderate pace instead of standing on top. Shrink-swell in the top 100 cm is moderate, at 5.4 percent linear extensibility. Moderate swell can make a slab or a paver field set straight on silt loam shift a little between wet and dry spells, and a compacted bed of crushed stone underneath softens that movement.[2]
A Driveway That Holds on a Grade
A grade in the 7 to 12 percent range, as the map unit name gives for the center point, is steep enough that round gravel creeps downhill under tires and after each hard rain. Angular stone fixes that. Crushed pieces with sharp faces lock against each other, while round ones roll like marbles. For the bottom course, Road Base or 1-1/2" Crushed Gravel packs into a dense layer once a plate compactor has worked it in thin lifts. For the top, Driveway Gravel or 3/4" Crushed Stone gives a firm face that washes far less than Pea Gravel would.[2]
Running water does more harm to a sloped drive than tires do. A slight crown down the middle sends rain to both edges instead of letting it race down the wheel tracks and cut ruts. On a long run, a shallow trench across the drive filled with #57 Crushed Stone breaks the flow and drops it off to the side. A strip of Drain Rock along each edge gives that water somewhere to go, so it does not eat under the base from the shoulder.[2]
The ground at the ZIP's center point stands 820 feet above sea level by the USGS elevation service, though for one driveway the fall of the lot itself counts for more. Walk the site in a rainstorm before any stone arrives, and note where the downspouts empty, where puddles form and where water finally leaves the property.[3]
Snow, Ice and Freeze Dates
Weather figures here come from Kansas City Downtown AP, MO, a NOAA normals station about 1 mile away. Over a normal year that gauge collects 38.1 inches of precipitation, 11.0 inches of snow, and 93 days with a low of 32 F or colder.[4]
At that station the median last spring freeze falls on April 4. The median first fall freeze there lands on November 2. Spread Topsoil or Garden Soil and set plants after the spring date has passed, and get a layer of Brown Shredded Mulch or Black Shredded Mulch onto the beds before the fall date so roots ride out the cold under a blanket.[4]
Freezing and thawing wear hard on gravel laid over silt. Water that gets into the base turns to ice, lifts the stone, then lets it drop unevenly as it melts. A base of clean, angular rock with few fines drains quickly and gives ice less to grip. Plowed snow piled at the side of a drive melts into the shoulder, so a crowned surface and a gravel edge help that melt run off instead of seeping back under the tracks.[4]
Older Houses and Their Yards
ZIP 66101 lies in Wyandotte County. The Census Bureau counts 6,023 housing units in the ZIP, and 56 percent of those homes are detached single-family houses. Kansas City as a whole holds 64,000 housing units, and the detached share across the city is 69 percent.[5]
Half the homes in ZIP 66101 date from 1946 or earlier, by the Census median, while the citywide median year built is 1961. Owners occupy 39 percent of the lived-in homes in the ZIP. Many older properties come with a narrow side drive, a worn front walk and beds nobody has rebuilt in years. Those jobs fit smaller loads, such as Walkway Gravel for a path, Compost and Topsoil for a bed refresh, or Stone Dust Screenings packed flat under a set of pavers.[5]
Older lots in the ZIP can also hide an old cinder drive, a buried brick walk or a patch of compacted fill from a long-gone garage. Dig a test hole before ordering base stone, since a firm old layer can sometimes stay in place as part of the new subgrade, while loose debris has to come out. Gravel Valet can drop a load on the street side or on a tarp in the drive when access is tight.[5]
Crushed Concrete or Driveway Gravel
Two materials come up most for drive work here. Crushed Concrete is recycled, packs hard, and its fines bind into a firm surface that suits a work drive or a parking pad on well-drained silt loam like the Knox soil. Driveway Gravel is quarried stone graded for the purpose, with a cleaner look and a color that stays even as it ages. Either one wants the angular base described above underneath it.[2]
For a garden path or a play corner the choice changes. Pea Gravel is soft underfoot and drains well, but it drifts on a slope, so keep it to level ground behind a firm edge. Decomposed Granite packs into a smooth walking surface that sits well against lawn. River Rock is the pick for a dry creek bed or a splash zone under a downspout, where its round shape slows water without damming it.[2]
Where the yard drops off sharply behind a house, Riprap can armor the bank so runoff does not carve a gully into the loess. The big stones break up the flow, and a layer of 1-1/2" Crushed Gravel behind them stops the silt from washing out through the gaps. Asphalt Millings are a fair middle road for a long back drive, since they firm up as the sun warms them and shed water well.[1]
The numbers behind this page
| Fact | Value | Applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapped geologic unit at the ZIP's center point | Loess | City center point | [1] |
| Rock or sediment type of that unit | silt | City center point | [1] |
| Geologic age of that unit | Pleistocene | City center point | [1] |
| Soil map unit at the ZIP's center point | Knox silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes | City center point | [2] |
| Main soil series | Knox (80 percent of the map unit) | City center point | [2] |
| Texture of the top mineral soil layer | silt loam | City center point | [2] |
| Drainage class | well drained | City center point | [2] |
| Hydrologic soil group | B (moderate infiltration) | City center point | [2] |
| Shrink-swell in the top 100 cm (linear extensibility) | moderate, 5.4 percent | City center point | [2] |
| Ground elevation at the ZIP's center point | 820 feet | City center point | [3] |
| NOAA normals station used | Kansas City Downtown AP, MO, about 1 mile away | Weather station | [4] |
| Average yearly precipitation | 38.1 inches | Weather station | [4] |
| Average yearly snowfall | 11.0 inches | Weather station | [4] |
| Days a year the low reaches 32 F or colder | 93 days | Weather station | [4] |
| Median date of the last spring freeze (32 F) | April 4 | Weather station | [4] |
| Median date of the first fall freeze (32 F) | November 2 | Weather station | [4] |
| Housing units in ZIP 66101 | 6,023 | This ZIP | [5] |
| Share of homes in ZIP 66101 that are detached single-family houses | 56 percent | This ZIP | [5] |
| Housing units in Kansas City | 64,000 | Whole city | [5] |
| Share of homes in Kansas City that are detached single-family houses | 69 percent | Whole city | [5] |
| Median year homes in ZIP 66101 were built | 1946 | This ZIP | [5] |
| Median year homes in Kansas City were built | 1961 | Whole city | [5] |
| Share of occupied homes in ZIP 66101 lived in by the owner | 39 percent | This ZIP | [5] |
Sources
- USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), queried through the Macrostrat API, retrieved 2026-10-31
- 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
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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Frequently Asked Questions
Which gravel holds up best on a sloped driveway in Kansas City?
Use crushed, angular stone rather than round stone. A compacted course of Road Base or 1-1/2" Crushed Gravel, topped with Driveway Gravel or 3/4" Crushed Stone, locks together and resists creeping downhill. Pea Gravel and River Rock roll under tires on a grade. Add a slight crown and a gravel edge so rain leaves the surface instead of running down the wheel tracks.
Do I need fabric under gravel on silt loam?
On silt ground it is worth it for any drive or parking pad. Silt softens when wet, and stone pressed into soft silt slowly disappears while the silt works up into the rock. A woven fabric laid on the graded soil keeps the two apart, so the base stays thick and drains. Light foot paths can skip it if the ground stays dry.
When should I plant and mulch beds here?
Kansas City Downtown AP, the nearest NOAA station, has a median last spring freeze of April 4 and a median first fall freeze of November 2. Spread Garden Soil or Topsoil with some Compost mixed in, and plant once the spring date has passed. Lay Brown Shredded Mulch, Black Shredded Mulch or Red Mulch on the beds before the fall date to hold warmth and moisture in the root zone.
What goes under pavers on this ground?
Start with the native silt dug out and leveled, then a layer of fabric. Add Road Base in thin lifts, compacting each one until the plate stops leaving marks. Finish with a smooth bed of Stone Dust Screenings or Concrete Sand to set the pavers in. The compacted stone carries the load and gives water a path out, which matters on soil that swells when it gets wet.
How do I keep a gravel drive from washing out after storms?
Shape it before you surface it. A crown down the middle sheds water to both sides, and a strip of Drain Rock along the edges carries it away. On a long slope, cut a shallow trench across the drive and fill it with #57 Crushed Stone to catch running water and turn it aside. Angular top stone stays in place far better than round gravel.
Is Crushed Concrete a good choice for a parking pad?
Yes, for a working pad it is a solid option. Crushed Concrete packs hard, its fines bind into a firm surface, and it handles heavy vehicles on well-drained silt loam. Driveway Gravel looks cleaner and keeps a more even color, so many owners pick it for the front of the house and use Crushed Concrete for a side pad or a shed base.