Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Bluffdale, UT

Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, predominantly in Salt Lake County with a portion in Utah County.

Named for its geography of bluffs and dales along the Jordan River, it was first settled in 1848-1849, when the area was originally part of West Jordan.

In 1858 Orrin Porter Rockwell paid 500 dollars to Evan M. Green for 16 acres near the Crystal Hot Lakes, land that included a Hot Springs Hotel and Brewery and a Pony Express station.

The Bluffdale Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on August 1, 1886, with Lewis H. Mousley as bishop, and for a short time the town was called Mousley.

Seven irrigation canals originate at the Jordan Narrows in the Bluffdale area and serve the Salt Lake Valley, one of the earliest being the Utah and Salt Lake Canal, started in 1862.

Faced in the 1970s with merging into Riverton or incorporating, residents chose incorporation, and Bluffdale became a city on October 13, 1978.

The 2020 census counted 17,014 residents, more than double the 7,598 counted in 2010, with 4,755 households and 4,947 housing units and a median age of 27.8 years.

The city covers 11.14 square miles at an elevation of 4,436 feet, and the Jordan River flows through it on its way from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake.

Bluffdale borders Herriman to the west, Riverton to the north, Draper to the east, and Lehi to the south.

The city's largest park is the 40-acre Wardle Fields Regional Park, and Bluffdale has a system of 13 parks, while the 40-mile Jordan River Parkway Trail runs through the city.