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SOIL CLASSIFICATION CHART ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SYMBOLS <br /> MAJOR DIVISIONS SYMBOLS TYPICAL SYMBOLS TYPICAL <br /> GRAPH LETTER DESCRIPTIONS GRAPH LETTER DESCRIPTIONS <br /> 0'--'U c <br /> III CLEAN o 3ro o GW WELL-GRADED GRAVELS, <br /> GRAVEL GRAVELS GRAVEL-SAND MIXTURES AC Asphalt Concrete <br /> n <br /> AND <br /> GRAVELLY (LITTLE OR NO FINES) O 0 O 0 0 C Gp POORLY-GRADED GRAVELS, /\/\//\ <br /> SOILS o 0 o GRAVEL-SAND MIXTURES /\/\//\ CC Cement Concrete <br /> O I.J Q /,/�//� <br /> COARSE GRAVELS WITH o c GM SILTY GRAVELS,GRAVEL-SAND Crushed Rock/ <br /> MORE THAN 50% -SILT MIXTURES <br /> GRAINED OF COARSE FINES ` <br /> SOILS FRACTION '� CR Quarry Spalls <br /> RETAINED ON NO. • <br /> 4 SIEVE (APPRECIABLE OF EAMOUNT O GC CLAYEY GRAVELS,GRAVEL- <br /> 7 �oj SAND-CLAY MIXTURES Topsoil/ <br /> �4; TS Forest Duff/Sod <br /> CLEAN SANDS <br /> SW GRAVELLY SANDSNDS, .... ... <br /> MORE THAN 50% SAND <br /> RETAINED ON NO. AND (LITTLE OR NO FINES) Groundwater Contact <br /> 200 SIEVE SANDY Sp POORLY-GRADED SANDS, <br /> GRAVELLY SAND Measured groundwater level in <br /> SOILS <br /> exploration,well,or piezometer <br /> MORE THAN 50% SANDS WITH SM SILTY SANDS,SAND-SILT <br /> OFRACTION FINES F COARSE MIXTURES Measured free product in well or <br /> PASSING NO.4 <br /> SIEVE )APPRECIABLE AMOUNT SCCLAYEY SANDS,SAND-CLAY — piezometer <br /> OF FINES) MIXTURE$ <br /> INORGANIC SILTS,ROCK Graphic LOCI Contact <br /> ML FLOUR,CLAYEY SILTS WITH <br /> SLIGHT PLASTICITY <br /> INORGANIC CLAYS OF LOW TO Distinct contact between soil strata <br /> SILTS / MEDIUM PLASTICITY,GRAVELLY <br /> FINE AND LIQUID LIMIT / CL CLAYS,SANDY CLAYS,SILTY <br /> LESS THAN 50 CLAYS,LEAN CLAYS <br /> GRAINED CLAYS - i - Approximate contact between soil <br /> SOILS . ORGANIC SILTS AND ORGANIC / strata <br /> OL SILTY CLAYS OF LOW <br /> PLASTICITY <br /> MORE THAN 50% INORGANIC SILTS,MICACEOUS Material Description Contact <br /> PASSING NO.200 MH OR DIATOMACEOUS SILTY <br /> SIEVE J J SOILS <br /> SILTS LIQUID LIMIT /// INORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH Contact between geologic units <br /> AND GREATER THAN 50 / j CH PLASTICITY <br /> CLAYS ---- <br /> ORGANIC CLAYS AND SILTS OF Contact between soil of the same <br /> IIII <br /> ——— OH MEDIUM TO HIGH PLASTICITY geologic unit <br /> HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS _ _ _ pT PEAT,HUMUS,SWAMP SOILS <br /> _ = WITH HIGH ORGANIC <br /> CONTENTS Laboratory/Field Tests <br /> NOTE: Multiple symbols are used to indicate borderline or dual soil classifications <br /> %F Percent fines <br /> Sampler Symbol Descriptions %G Percent gravel <br /> AL Atterberg limits <br /> 2.4-inch I.D.split barrel CA Chemical analysis <br /> CP Laboratory compaction test <br /> LIDS Directt shearhe ec Standard Penetration Test(SPT) CS D test <br /> ■ Shelby tube HA Hydrometer analysis <br /> MC Moisture content <br /> RPiston MD Moisture content and dry density <br /> OC Organic content <br /> 11 Direct-Push PM Permeability or hydraulic conductivity <br /> X Bulk or grab PI Plasticity index <br /> PP Pocket penetrometer <br /> PPM Parts per million <br /> Continuous Coring SA Sieve analysis <br /> TX Triaxial compression <br /> Blowcount is recorded for driven samplers as the number UC Unconfined compression <br /> of blows required to advance sampler 12 inches(or VS Vane shear <br /> distance noted). See exploration log for hammer weight <br /> and drop. Sheen Classification <br /> NS No Visible Sheen <br /> A"P"indicates sampler pushed using the weight of the SS Slight Sheen <br /> drill rig. MS Moderate Sheen <br /> HS Heavy Sheen <br /> A"WOW indicates sampler pushed using the weight of NT Not Tested <br /> the hammer. <br /> NOTE:The reader must refer to the discussion in the report text and the logs of explorations for a proper understanding of subsurface <br /> conditions. Descriptions on the logs apply only at the specific exploration locations and at the time the explorations were made;they are <br /> not warranted to be representative of subsurface conditions at other locations or times. <br /> IDKEY TO EXPLORATION LOGS <br /> iEOENGINEERS FIGUREA-1 <br /> Rev.02/16 <br />