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Gravel, Crushed Stone, Topsoil and Mulch Delivery in Columbus, OH
Bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, soil and mulch delivered across Columbus, OH, priced by the load for your ZIP.
- Min. order
- 2 tons or 2 yd³
- Area
- Columbus and nearby ZIPs
- From
- $424 delivered
Every price below is the delivered total.
Gravel Valet delivers bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and mulch in Columbus, including ZIP 43085. A silt loam that stays wet, more than a hundred freezing days a year, and a ZIP full of owner-occupied houses with yards make drainage and solid bases the main topics here.
The sections below take them one at a time.
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Every price is the delivered total for 2 tons or yards, in whole dollars.
From$5762 ton delivered#57 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 to 1 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5272 ton deliveredPea Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed tan and brown
From$6122 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$5762 ton deliveredDriveway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch clean crushed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4502 ton deliveredRoad Base
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5322 ton deliveredMason Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$6912 yd deliveredBrown Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4242 ton deliveredAsphalt Millings
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,900 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
From$4312 ton deliveredFill Dirt
Soil and Fill- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,400 lb/yd³
- Color
- Brown
From$4542 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$4542 ton deliveredDrain Rock
Drainage and Base- Size
- 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4562 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$4572 ton delivered#67 Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch and under
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4642 ton deliveredStone Dust Screenings
Drainage and Base- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$4642 ton deliveredFill Sand
Sand- Size
- Unscreened
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan
From$4832 ton deliveredGarden Soil
Soil and Fill- Size
- Blended
- Weight
- 2,000 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$4872 ton deliveredCrushed Concrete
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/4 inch minus
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light gray
From$5022 yd deliveredCompost
Soil and Fill- Size
- Screened
- Weight
- 1,200 lb/yd³
- Color
- Dark brown
From$5252 ton deliveredWalkway Gravel
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,600 lb/yd³
- Color
- Mixed
From$5342 ton deliveredConcrete Sand
Sand- Size
- Coarse
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Tan to gray
From$5362 ton deliveredRiprap
Drainage and Base- Size
- 6 to 12 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5362 ton deliveredPlayground Sand
Sand- Size
- Fine, washed
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Light tan
From$5412 ton delivered3/8" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5422 ton delivered#89 Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/8 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$5732 ton delivered3/4" Crushed Stone
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 3/4 inch
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$6292 yd deliveredRed Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Red
From$6402 ton deliveredRailroad Ballast
Gravel and Crushed Stone- Size
- 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 2,700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gray
From$6492 ton deliveredDecomposed Granite
Driveway and Landscaping- Size
- 1/4 inch and fines
- Weight
- 2,500 lb/yd³
- Color
- Gold to tan
From$6672 yd deliveredWood Chips
Mulch and Wood- Size
- 1 to 3 inches
- Weight
- 700 lb/yd³
- Color
- Natural
From$6892 yd deliveredBlack Shredded Mulch
Mulch and Wood- Size
- Double shredded
- Weight
- 800 lb/yd³
- Color
- Black
Popular projects
Common gravel projects in Columbus
The ground and weather in Columbus
Silt Loam That Holds On to Water
At the ZIP's center point the USDA survey maps Bennington-Urban land complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes. Bennington is the main series, at 50 percent of the map unit, and urban land covers 35 percent of it. The top mineral layer is silt loam.[1]
The survey rates the Bennington soil somewhat poorly drained and puts it in hydrologic group C/D, behaving like group D while the water table is high and group C where drained. This ground soaks up water slowly and stays wet for long stretches in spring.[1]
Shrink-swell in the top 100 cm rates moderate, at 3.7 percent. Silt loam of that kind softens when wet, swells a little, and then firms up and shrinks as it dries. A gravel base laid over it needs fabric to keep the silt out of the stone and enough depth to spread loads across soft spots.[1]
Silt loam also crusts as it dries after a hard rain, sealing the surface so the next shower runs off. A layer of mulch on beds and a thin top-dressing of Compost on lawns break that crust and let water back in.[1]
Black Shale Below the Subsoil
The state geologic map places the center point on the Ohio Shale, a Devonian unit of shale and black shale. Shale splits into thin, flat pieces and breaks down further when exposed to wetting and drying, so it is a poor material to reuse as fill under a structure.[2]
A deep dig for a footing or a drain line near the point may reach weathered shale below the silt loam. Pieces that come out of the trench belong in the spoil pile, and the trench should be backfilled with Drain Rock around a pipe or with packed Crushed Concrete under a structure.[2]
The USGS puts ground elevation at the center point at 910 feet above sea level. Slopes in the map unit reach 6 percent, so some yards near the point tilt enough for water to run, and others sit flat enough for it to pool.[1],[3]
Shale chips scattered on a lawn or a bed do no harm in small amounts, but a thick layer starves grass and drains poorly. Spread Topsoil over any area where trench spoil was left, and seed it once the soil settles.[2]
112 Freezing Days a Year
The nearest NOAA normals station is Columbus Ohio State Univ AP, OH, about 4 miles away. It averages 35.8 inches of precipitation a year, and its low reaches 32 F or colder on 112 days in an average year.[4]
Its median last spring freeze is April 22, and the median first fall freeze there is October 23. Wet silt loam that freezes and thaws over and over can lift a paver or push up a fence post, so keeping water out of the ground under a hard surface matters more here than in a milder place.[4]
Spring work should wait until the ground has thawed and dried after that April date. Packing silt loam while it is soaked smears it into a slick layer that drains even worse, and stone laid on top of that layer will rut by summer.[1],[4]
Fence posts and deck footings in wet silt loam last longer when set in a collar of #57 Crushed Stone rather than packed native soil, because the open stone drains instead of holding water to freeze around the post.[4]
A ZIP of Owners and Yards
ZIP 43085 counts 11,171 housing units in the Census Bureau's survey. Detached single-family houses make up 65 percent of them, well above the 44 percent across Columbus and its 425,182 units. The median home in the ZIP was built in 1973, and the city's median year built is 1980. Owners occupy 71 percent of the ZIP's occupied homes.[5]
A ZIP where most homes are detached and owner-occupied has plenty of driveways, patios, garden beds and lawns. Those are the usual bulk jobs: a refreshed gravel drive, a new paver patio out back, a load of Topsoil to fix low spots in a lawn, or mulch for every bed in spring.[5]
Mulch is the most common spring order in a yard-heavy ZIP. Brown Shredded Mulch and Black Shredded Mulch keep beds neat and hold moisture through summer, Red Mulch adds color by a front walk, and Wood Chips suit the ground under a swing set or along a wooded edge.[5]
Paver patios, stone bed edges and regraded side yards are permanent projects that reward good materials, and each one starts with a firm, drained base.[5]
A Driveway on Wet Silt Loam
A gravel drive over somewhat poorly drained silt loam begins with digging out sod and soft topsoil, then packing the subgrade once it has dried. A heavy woven fabric goes down next, because wet silt pumps up into stone under every car that passes and turns a good base to mud.[1]
An open lower course of #4 Crushed Stone or 1-1/2" Crushed Gravel lets water move out from under the drive. Road Base packed in thin lifts goes on top for a firm, smooth layer, and Driveway Gravel or 3/4" Crushed Stone finishes it. With 112 freezing days a year at the nearby station, a crowned surface that sheds melt keeps ice out of the base.[4]
The Ohio Department of Transportation names Aggregate Base, Item 304, in its Construction and Material Specifications as the base layer for state roads. Road crews follow that item. A homeowner's drive follows the same logic of fabric, drainage and packing without the testing that state work requires.[6]
Snowplowing a gravel drive goes easier when the surface stone is a thin layer over packed Road Base, so the blade rides on the base instead of scraping up loose gravel.[4]
Drain Rock or #57 for a Soggy Backyard
On C/D soil, a backyard can stay soggy for days after rain. A French drain fixes that: a trench along the wet edge, lined with fabric, a perforated pipe at the bottom, and Drain Rock filled to near the top. Drain Rock has no fines, so water moves through it quickly.[1]
#57 Crushed Stone is the other common choice. It is angular, so it packs a little firmer and suits a drain that people also walk over, such as a gravel strip beside a patio. River Rock on top of either one gives a finished look where the drain shows.[1]
Downspouts add a lot of water to one spot. On slow-draining silt loam, a buried line from each downspout to a dry well filled with Drain Rock keeps that water from soaking the ground next to a basement wall.[1],[4]
A rain garden is a softer option for a wet corner. Dig a shallow basin, loosen the bottom, refill it with a mix of Topsoil and Compost, and plant species that tolerate wet roots. A ring of River Rock at the inlet spreads the incoming water.[1]
The numbers behind this page
| Fact | Value | Applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil map unit at the ZIP's center point | Bennington-Urban land complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes | City center point | [1] |
| Main soil series | Bennington (50 percent of the map unit) | City center point | [1] |
| Share of the map unit mapped as urban land (paved or built over) | 35 percent | City center point | [1] |
| Texture of the top mineral soil layer | silt loam | City center point | [1] |
| Drainage class | somewhat poorly drained | City center point | [1] |
| Hydrologic soil group | C/D (D while the water table is high, C where drained) | City center point | [1] |
| Shrink-swell in the top 100 cm (linear extensibility) | moderate, 3.7 percent | City center point | [1] |
| Mapped geologic unit at the ZIP's center point | Ohio Shale | City center point | [2] |
| Rock or sediment type of that unit | shale, black shale | City center point | [2] |
| Geologic age of that unit | Devonian | City center point | [2] |
| Ground elevation at the ZIP's center point | 910 feet | City center point | [3] |
| NOAA normals station used | Columbus Ohio State Univ AP, OH, about 4 miles away | Weather station | [4] |
| Average yearly precipitation | 35.8 inches | Weather station | [4] |
| Days a year the low reaches 32 F or colder | 112 days | Weather station | [4] |
| Median date of the last spring freeze (32 F) | April 22 | Weather station | [4] |
| Median date of the first fall freeze (32 F) | October 23 | Weather station | [4] |
| Housing units in ZIP 43085 | 11,171 | This ZIP | [5] |
| Share of homes in ZIP 43085 that are detached single-family houses | 65 percent | This ZIP | [5] |
| Share of homes in Columbus that are detached single-family houses | 44 percent | Whole city | [5] |
| Housing units in Columbus | 425,182 | Whole city | [5] |
| Median year homes in ZIP 43085 were built | 1973 | This ZIP | [5] |
| Median year homes in Columbus were built | 1980 | Whole city | [5] |
| Share of occupied homes in ZIP 43085 lived in by the owner | 71 percent | This ZIP | [5] |
| Ohio Department of Transportation aggregate base specification | Aggregate Base, Item 304, Construction and Material Specifications (2023) | State | [6] |
Sources
- USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO soil survey), retrieved 2026-10-30
- USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), queried through the Macrostrat API, retrieved 2026-10-30
- USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP), retrieved 2026-10-30
- 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
- Ohio Department of Transportation, Construction and Material Specifications (2023), Item 304, 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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Which gravel works on wet silt loam in Columbus?
Angular stone over a heavy fabric. Use an open lower course of #4 Crushed Stone, then Road Base packed in thin lifts, then Driveway Gravel on top. The USDA survey rates the Bennington silt loam at the ZIP's center point somewhat poorly drained, so the fabric and the open layer keep the base from turning muddy.
How do I keep pavers from heaving in winter?
Keep water out of the base. Dig to firm ground, lay fabric, add an open course of #57 Crushed Stone, then Road Base and a screeded bed of Concrete Sand. Slope the patio away from the house. The nearby station logs 112 freezing days a year, so a wet base will move.
When can I spread mulch and plant in spring?
The Ohio State Univ AP station has a median last spring freeze of April 22. Spread Brown Shredded Mulch or Black Shredded Mulch once beds have dried, and set tender plants after that date. The median first fall freeze there is October 23.
How do I fix a soggy backyard?
Dig a French drain along the wet edge, with fabric, a perforated pipe and Drain Rock. Run downspouts into a dry well filled with Drain Rock instead of letting them empty onto the lawn. The soil at the ZIP's center point falls in hydrologic group C/D, so it takes water slowly.
Can I reuse shale from a trench as fill?
No. The Ohio Shale mapped under the ZIP's center point splits into flat pieces and breaks down as it wets and dries. Backfill trenches with Drain Rock around pipes or packed Crushed Concrete under structures, and haul the shale away.
What should I use to fill low spots in a lawn?
Topsoil, spread in thin layers so the grass can grow through. For deeper holes, pack Fill Dirt first and finish with Topsoil on top. Add a little Compost to the Topsoil to help seed take on silt loam.