Center of the valley

Excavation Contractors in Taylorsville, UT

A city on deep valley fill, with soil described as alkaline and hard to work.

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Excavation Contractors in Taylorsville, UT

Hard Ground in the Middle of the Valley

Excavation contractors in Taylorsville dig into soil that even local descriptions call hard to work. The city sits on an alluvial plain with more than a kilometer of unconsolidated rock, sand and clay beneath it. As Lake Bonneville dried, salts stayed behind, leaving the soil alkaline; like most desert soils, it has little organic material.

A soil series named for the city

The USDA Taylorsville soil series has its type location in Salt Lake County, just east of 2200 West. It formed in calcareous lake sediments on lake terraces between 4,500 and 4,900 feet, with 27 to 35 percent clay in the 10- to 40-inch zone and slow permeability. Water drains slowly through it, which matters for drains and for anything that relies on infiltration.

Bennion Hill and a buried fault

Bennion Hill rises about 150 feet above the surrounding area, and the inactive Taylorsville Fault has been traced down the center of the valley.

Common Taylorsville jobs

Sewer and water laterals
French drains in slow-draining soil
RV pads and parking
Pool digs

Owners who stay

About 71 percent of homes are owner-occupied and 85 percent of residents lived in the same house a year earlier. The city incorporated on July 1, 1996.

Bennion and older subdivisions

The first log cabin near 3300 South went up in November 1848, but most homes date from the postwar decades. Those neighborhoods need lateral replacements, garage teardowns and regrading where yards have settled over decades.

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Ground Conditions in Taylorsville

Alkaline, hard soil. Salts left as Lake Bonneville dried make the soil alkaline; like most desert soils it has little organic material and is hard to work.
Deep fill. Taylorsville sits on more than a kilometer of unconsolidated rock, sand and clay.
Soil series. The USDA Taylorsville series (type location Salt Lake County) has 27-35% clay at 10-40 inches and slow permeability.
Buried fault. The inactive Taylorsville Fault has been traced down the center of the Salt Lake Valley.

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Taylorsville Questions

Why does water sit in my Taylorsville yard?

Clay-rich lake soil drains slowly. Grading to an outlet works better than relying on the ground to soak it up.

Is the soil hard to dig?

It can be firm when dry, sticky when wet. Our equipment handles it; timing helps.

Will a dry well work here?

Often poorly in slow soil. We check before recommending one.

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