Bulk Fill Dirt Delivery in South Jordan, UT by the Ton

South Jordan has about 86,000 residents, and fill dirt jobs here range from a single backyard dip to a full pad for a garage or shop. Fill dirt delivery in South Jordan, UT, puts bulk earth where you need it in one load. This page covers the common uses, the drop, how to size an order, how the ZIP price works, and how to place the order.

Fill dirt uses in South Jordan homes

Most South Jordan orders fall into a few groups: a dip that holds water in the back lawn, a sunken walkway that needs to come up, a pad for a shed, or a trench that needs backfill after a new line goes in. Each one is about raising the surface rather than growing plants, so the fill serves as the lower layer under whatever finish you plan.

A pad for a garage, a shop, or a future storage shed asks more of the material. The surface has to stay level under a heavy wall load, so the fill should go down in even lifts with the edges held square. Check the top with a long board as you go, not only at the end.

Neighboring cities listed for South Jordan are West Jordan at about 3 miles, Herriman at about 5 miles, and Taylorsville at about 7 miles. Sandy and Draper are each about 8 miles away.

Drainage decides the shape of the grade. Aim for the ground to fall away from the home, and avoid a low ring that traps runoff at the edge of a slab. Once the shape is right, the finish layer goes on top, and that is where plant beds and lawn come in.

How much fill dirt for a South Jordan project

Take the depth in inches, multiply it by the length and width in feet, and divide the product by 324 to get cubic yards. Each cubic yard tips the scale near 2,200 pounds, so one ton is roughly nine-tenths of a yard. Order about ten percent extra to cover shrinkage under water and foot traffic. A 20 by 20 foot pad at 6 inches deep comes to about 7.4 cubic yards, or roughly 8.1 tons before that allowance.

An odd-shaped low area is easiest to size in pieces. Measure the longest run, then the widest run, and treat any notch or bump as its own small rectangle. Add the pieces, then apply the allowance once to the total so the margin is not counted twice.

A quick second check is the calculator on this site, which is set for gravel driveways but converts length, width and depth into cubic yards.

Choosing the drop spot in South Jordan

Stand where the truck will stop and look at what it has to pass: gate width, wires, tree limbs, and anything buried. Mark the pile spot with a stake or cones, close to the low area, and move pets and outdoor furniture out of the way. Keep the pile clear of the foundation. Frozen ground is a poor place to set fill, since it cannot be packed and will sink once it thaws.

When the load is down, walk the area. Any spot that sits proud can be raked off into a low spot, which is faster than hauling it away.

Pricing fill dirt in South Jordan

Sales are by the ton. The delivered price is worked out for each ZIP code and displayed on the page, so a South Jordan address with a different ZIP will show its own number. Larger tonnage costs less per ton, and the smallest order is 2 tons. The figure on the page already includes delivery, so there is nothing to add by hand.

If the work will stretch over several weekends, pick a pile spot that can stay put until the last shovelful, since a second drop means a second placement.

Fill dirt delivery in South Jordan, UT: placing the order

Enter the tonnage and your South Jordan ZIP, then confirm once the delivered price appears. The delivery in South Jordan page has the city details. If the project also needs a finish layer, Premium Screened Topsoil goes over the fill, and Mulch suits planting beds once they are shaped.

For more on this material across the state, read the Fill Dirt in Utah page.

About Fill Dirt

About this material

This is a general-purpose fill, meaning earth you bring in to change the shape of the ground rather than to grow things in. South Jordan homeowners use it to build up a low back corner, support a walkway, or backfill a trench after a utility job.

Orders for this material are counted in tons. Each cubic yard of this material weighs close to 2,200 pounds, so one ton is roughly nine-tenths of a cubic yard. That conversion is the basis for every order size on the page, and it puts a small dip and a full pad on the same scale.

Fill dirt packs best in thin lifts. Place a few inches, moisten lightly, and tamp before the next layer goes on. Some lumps and small stones are normal in bulk earth, and they help the layers lock together. The material belongs under the finish layer, not on top of it.

What Fill Dirt costs in South Jordan

In the South Jordan market, fill dirt 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 98 sq ft at a 3 inch finished depth, so a 400 sq ft driveway pad runs roughly 5 tons.

How crews use Fill Dirt in South Jordan

Crews working out of South Jordan tend to call for fill dirt on a few repeat jobs each week. The first is erosion control, typically laid in tight urban lots and infill builds with a base lift compacted before the finish course goes on. The second is driveway 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 86,156, South Jordan pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in South Jordan

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other South Jordan 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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