#57 Crushed Stone Delivery to Sioux Falls, SD

Winters in Sioux Falls put every gravel driveway and drainage trench through repeated freeze and thaw cycles, and #57 crushed stone delivery is what most contractors reach for because the angular stone compacts hard and keeps draining even after the ground beneath it has heaved once or twice. The stone ships from the nearest yard by the ton, with the rate easing as the order grows. What follows covers how fast an order arrives, where the material gets used around Sioux Falls, how many tons a typical job needs, and how the delivered price comes together.

Delivery and Lead Times in Sioux Falls

Delivery timing tracks the same three order size breaks used for pricing. A 3 to 7 ton order generally ships within 1 to 2 business days. Step up to 8 tons or more and most loads go out the same day or the following business day. Fifteen tons is the tipping point where the delivery charge drops away entirely, and those orders also move to the front of the schedule. Delivery in Sioux Falls covers the current service area and booking details for this city.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota at a Glance

Sioux Falls is South Dakota's largest city, built along the Sioux River and known locally for the quartzite outcrops that form Falls Park near downtown. The city sits on flat to gently rolling prairie left behind by glacial till, home to about 209,000 residents in a metro that has been growing steadily on the edges. That glacial soil tends to hold moisture and heave with the region's hard freeze and thaw cycle, which is the backdrop for most of the base and drainage work this material gets ordered for.

Best Uses for #57 Crushed Stone in Sioux Falls

Because the native soil here moves with frost, a compacted stone base does more of the structural work than the ground beneath it. #57 crushed stone goes down under driveways that need to stay stable through repeated winter heaving, behind retaining walls that hold back graded lots near the river bluffs, and inside footing and foundation drainage trenches that carry snowmelt away in spring. Farm and construction equipment yards across the metro also use it as a surface stone, since it holds up under heavy tires without rutting the way bare dirt does. New subdivisions spreading out toward the edges of town rely on the same stone for utility trench backfill before streets and driveways go in.

Pricing Notes

Three order tiers set the per ton rate here. Order 3 tons or more and the rate lands at $183 a ton, delivered in 1 to 2 business days. Order 8 tons or more and the rate drops to $96 a ton, typically shipping the same or next business day. Order 15 tons or more and the rate falls to $71 a ton with delivery included. The final delivered total is calculated from your ZIP code once entered, since distance from the nearest yard affects the price.

How Many Tons of #57 Crushed Stone You Need

A ton of this stone covers roughly 80 square feet at a 3 inch depth, the kind of layer typical under an equipment pad, or closer to 40 square feet at 6 inches, the deeper base many driveways need heading into winter frost. Every ton estimate on this page traces back to the same formula, length times width in feet times depth in inches divided by 324, which the calculator handles the moment you enter your measurements. A 20 by 24 foot equipment pad at 3 inches deep takes about 6 tons. Check your own numbers with the #57 crushed stone calculator before ordering.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Sioux Falls

An order starts with a ZIP code and a rough ton count from the calculator above. Ask for tons, not yards, when ordering stone, gravel or topsoil here. Mulch is the single material on this list priced by the cubic yard rather than the ton. Since the rate steps down at both 8 and 15 tons, it is worth checking whether a borderline order costs less rounded up to the next tier. For pricing across the rest of the state, the #57 Crushed Stone in SD hub lists every city currently served.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a crushed and screened gray aggregate held to a tight three quarter to one inch size range, with sharp, angular faces rather than the smooth, rounded shape of pea gravel or river rock. That angularity matters under load: once a layer is compacted, the broken faces catch against one another and stay locked in place instead of sliding or rolling the way rounded stone does. It weighs close to 2,700 pounds per cubic yard, heavy enough that it is priced and shipped by the ton rather than the cubic yard measure reserved for lighter bulk materials.

Because the pieces are angular, the layer keeps small gaps open between them even after a compactor has passed over it, so water continues to drain through rather than pooling on top, which is exactly why it shows up in drainage trenches, retaining wall backfill and footing work. On the surface it also holds up well under gravel driveways, equipment pads and parking areas that see regular vehicle traffic. Sizing stays consistent load to load, so the drainage and compaction performance do not change depending on which delivery brings the stone out.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Sioux Falls

In the Sioux Falls market, #57 crushed stone is sold by the ton and priced at the gate before delivery is added on. Send your ZIP and load size and we will send back a same-hour quote with the truck rate and the per-ton figure spelled out. One ton covers about 80 sq ft at a 3 inch finished depth, so a 400 sq ft driveway pad runs roughly 5 tons.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Sioux Falls

Crews working out of Sioux Falls tend to call for #57 crushed stone on a few repeat jobs each week. The first is driveway gravel, typically laid in tight urban lots and infill builds with a base lift compacted before the finish course goes on. The second is drainage gravel, which lands here in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short and usually ships as a 4 to 8 ton order. With a population around 209,289, Sioux Falls pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in Sioux Falls

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other Sioux Falls stops, and sends a window the night before. Tandem-axle dumps need at least 12 ft of clear width and 14 ft overhead to set the bed; tri-axles need 14 ft of clearance on both counts and a level pad to tip safely. Standard lead time on this lane is Mon-Sat, with same-day windows held open for orders that hit the desk before 11 AM and clear payment.

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