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EXPANSIVE-SOIL-AND-ROCK HAZARDSZION NATIONAL PARK GEOLOGIC-HAZARD STUDY AREA

T 38 ST 39 S

37 30'

113 7' 30"

2010

DISCUSSION

USING THIS MAP

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ByWilliam R. Lund, Tyler R. Knudsen, and David L. Sharrow

Plate 7Utah Geological Survey Special Study 133

Zion National Park Geologic-Hazard Study Area, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah

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MAP LIMITATIONSThis map is based on limited geologic and geotechnical data; site-specific investigations are required to producemore detailed geotechnical information. The map also depends on the quality of those data, which may varythroughout the study area. The mapped boundaries between hazard categories are approximate and subject tochange as new information becomes available. The hazard from expansive soil and rock may be different thanshown at any particular site because of variations in the physical properties of geologic deposits within a mapunit, gradational and approximate map-unit boundaries, and the small map scale. The map is not intended foruse at scales other than the published scale, and is designed for use in general planning and design to indicatethe need for site-specific investigations.

This map shows the location of known or suspected expansive soil and rock in the Zion National Park Geologic-Hazard Study Area. The map is intended for general planning and design purposes to indicate where expansivesoil and rock may exist and special investigations should be required. Site-specific investigations can resolveuncertainties inherent in generalized mapping and help identify the need for special foundation designs, sitegrading and soil placement, or mitigation techniques. The presence and severity of expansive soil and rock,along with other geologic hazards should be addressed in these investigations. If expansive soil or rock ispresent at a site, appropriate design and construction recommendations should be provided.

HAZARD REDUCTIONAlthough potentially costly when not recognized and properly accommodated in project design and construction,problems associated with expansive soil and rock rarely are life threatening. As with most geologic hazards,early recognition and avoidance are the most effective ways to mitigate potential problems. However, expansivesoil and rock are present in some of the most heavily developed parts of the study area, and avoidance may notalways be a viable or cost-effective option.In Utah, soil-test requirements are specified in chapter 18 (Soils and Foundations) of the 2009 IBC (InternationalCode Council, 2009a) and chapter 4 (Foundations) of the 2009 IRC (International Code Council, 2009b), whichare adopted statewide. IBC Section 1803.3 and IRC Section R401.4 contain requirements for soil investigationsin areas where expansive soil may be present. Where the presence of expansive soil or rock is confirmed,possible mitigation techniques include soil removal and replacement with noncohesive, compacted backfill; useof special foundation designs such as drilled pier deep foundations, grade beam foundations, or stiffened slab-on-grade construction; moisture barriers; chemical stabilization of expansive clays; and careful site landscapeand drainage design to keep moisture away from buildings and expansive soils (Nelson and Miller, 1992; Kellerand Blodgett, 2006).

Expansive soil and rock increase in volume (swell) as they get wet, and decrease in volume (shrink) as they dryout. Expansive soil and rock contain a significant percentage of clay minerals that can absorb water directly intotheir crystal structure when wetted. Some sodium-montmorillonite clay can swell as much as 2000 percent uponwetting (Costa and Baker, 1981). The resulting expansion forces can be greater than 20,000 pounds per squarefoot (Shelton and Prouty, 1979), and can easily exceed the loads imposed by most structures, resulting incracked foundations and pavement, structural damage, and other building distress.Several bedrock formations in the Zion National Park Geologic-Hazard Study Area consist in whole or part ofshale, claystone, or mudstone containing expansive clay minerals. These rock units and the expansive soilsderived from them are capable of significant expansion and contraction when wetted and dried, causing structuraldamage to buildings; cracked roads and driveways; damage to curbs, gutters, and sidewalks; and heaving ofroads and canals. Expansive soils are chiefly derived from the weathering of clay-bearing rock formations andmay be residual (formed in place) or transported (usually a short distance) and deposited in a new location. Theprincipal transporting mechanisms are water or wind, but soil creep and mass-wasting processes may playimportant roles locally.For additional information about expansive soil and rock in the Zion National Park Geologic-Hazard Study Area,refer to the Problem Soil and Rock Hazards chapter in this report.

UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYa division of Utah Department of Natural Resourcesin cooperation withNational Park Service

This geologic-hazard map was funded by the Utah Geological Survey and theU.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The views andconclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should notbe interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressedor implied, of the U.S. Government.Although this product represents the work of professional scientists, the UtahDepartment of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, makes no warranty,expressed or implied, regarding its suitability for a particular use. The UtahDepartment of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, shall not be liableunder any circumstances for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, orconsequential damages with respect to claims by users of this product.For use at 1:24,000 scale only. The Utah Geological Survey does notguarantee accuracy or completeness of data.

www.geology.utah.gov

Base map consists of U.S. Department of Agriculture 2006 National AgriculturalImagery Program natural color aerial photography and shaded relief generatedfrom digital elevation data acquired from the Utah Automated GeographicReference Center.

Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, zone 12North American Datum of 1983

REFERENCESChen, F.H., 1988, Foundations on expansive soils: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 463 p.Costa, J.E., and Baker, V.R., 1981, Surficial geology, building with the earth: New York, John Wiley & Sons, 498

International Code Council, 2009a, International building code: Country Club Hills, Illinois, 678 p.International Code Council, 2009b, International residential code for one- and two-family dwellings: Country Club

Keller, E.A., and Blodgett, R.H., 2006, Natural hazards – Earth’s processes as hazards, disasters, and

Lund, W.R., Knudsen, T.R., Vice, G.S., and Shaw, L, 2008, Geologic hazards and adverse construction

Mortensen, V.L., Carley, J.A., Grandall, G.C., Donaldson, K.M., Jr., and Leishman, G.W., 1977, Soil survey of

Nelson, J.D., and Miller, D.J., 1992, Expansive soils, problems and practice in foundation and pavement

Shelton, D.C., and Prouty, D., 1979, Nature’s building codes: Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 12,

p.

Hills, Illinois, 870 p.

catastrophes: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Pearson Prentice Hall, 395 p.

conditions, St. George – Hurricane metropolitan area, Washington County, Utah: Utah Geological SurveySpecial Study 127, 105 p, 14 plates, digital video disk.

Washington County area, Utah: U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and U.S.Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, 139 p., 95 plates, scale1:24,000.

engineering: New York, John Wiley & Sons, 259 p.

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EXPLANATIONEXPANSIVE SOIL

EXPANSIVE ROCK

CONCEALED HIGHLY EXPANSIVE SOIL OR ROCK

High Hazard – Soils classified by the NRCS as having high hazard for volumetric change. These soilsare typically clay rich and have a LL >35, PI >15, and/or SCT value of >3 percent swell (Mortensenand others, 1977; Chen, 1988; Nelson and Miller, 1992). Soils having these characteristics are oflimited aerial extent in the study area, and are typically associated with the Petrified Forest Member ofthe Chinle Formation, other clay-rich bedrock units, and some weathered basalt flows.Moderate Hazard – Soils classified by the NRCS as having moderate hazard for volumetric change(LL 25–55, PI 5–35). The LL and PI values in this category overlap at their upper ends with soils inthe high hazard category. Chen (1988) recognized that while PI is an indicator of expansive potential,other factors also exert an influence, and therefore reported a range of PI values when categorizing asoil’s capacity to shrink or swell.Low Hazard – Soils classified by the NRCS as having low hazard for volumetric change (LL 0-40, PIfrom nonplastic to 15). The LL and PI values in this category overlap at their upper ends with soils inthe moderate hazard category. However, the low hazard category includes soils with highly variablepotential for volumetric change that do not fit easily into the moderate or high categories.No Data – Unconsolidated alluvial deposits in areas of upper Zion Canyon, Hop Valley, and LaVerkinCreek that may contain some clay-rich horizons subject to volumetric change, but a lack ofinformation about the physical characteristics of the deposits precludes hazard categorization. Thesedeposits are not included in the geotechnical database, and are mapped by the NRCS as chiefly RockOutcrop (NRCS soils-map unit RT) or Fluvaquents and Torrifluvents (NRCS soils-map unit FA) forwhich soil property estimations and engineering tests were not performed. Due to the variable natureof these deposits and a general lack of geotechnical data for them, we recommend site-specifictesting for expansive soil for all proposed construction within map areas having no data.

High Hazard – Bedrock units with high shrink/swell hazard, which include claystone horizons in theVirgin Limestone Member of the Moenkopi Formation, the Petrified Forest Member of the ChinleFormation, and the lower red beds of the Dinosaur Canyon Member and the Whitmore Point Memberof the Moenave Formation. We include landslides mapped within these rock units in the high-hazardcategory because the landslides contain debris from high-hazard bedrock units. These bedrock unitscontain an abundance of expansive clay minerals and are commonly associated with expansive rockproblems throughout southwestern Utah.Moderate Hazard – Bedrock units with moderate shrink/swell hazard, which include the Shnabkaiband lower, middle, and upper red members of the Moenkopi Formation; the Sinawava Member of theTemple Cap Formation; and the lower unit of the Co-op Creek Member and the Crystal Creek Memberof the Carmel Formation. These rock units are chiefly fine grained and contain alternating strata ofshale, claystone, mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, and limestone. Not all or even the majority of thesestrata contain expansive clay minerals; however, past experience in southwestern Utah has shownthat a sufficiently high percentage of strata do contain expansive clay that shrink/swell problems areoften associated with these bedrock units. We include landslides mapped within moderate-hazardrock units in this category.Low Hazard – Bedrock units with low shrink/swell hazard, which include the Timpoweap Member ofthe Moenkopi Formation, the Kayenta Formation, and the Winsor Member of the Carmel Formation.We consider these units to have a lower hazard than the bedrock units identified above; however, low-hazard units contain some fine-grained, clay-rich strata that may cause shrink/swell problems locally.

Concealed – Area suspected of having highly expansive soil or rock (>3 percent swell) in the shallowsubsurface (<20 feet), with little or no evidence of such material at the ground surface. The likelypresence of highly expansive materials in the shallow subsurface is based on the outcrop pattern ofthe Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation, which indicates that the Petrified Forest Memberlikely underlies thin unconsolidated deposits in those areas. The Petrified Forest Member typicallycontains highly expansive shale and claystone, and past experience in southwestern Utah has shownthat when wetted, highly expansive soil or rock can cause damaging differential displacements at theground surface even when overlain by as much as 20 feet of nonexpansive material (Lund and others,2008). Therefore, we consider areas where the Petrified Forest Member may be present in theshallow subsurface to have a potential for highly expansive soil and rock problems despite the lack ofsurface evidence of such materials.

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