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Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation <br />Mukilteo Boulevard Development <br />Everett, Washington <br />March 31, 2003 <br />NGA File No. 366503 <br />Page 4 <br />outwash. Fill material was encountered in one of the explorations. <br />Explorations: The subsurface conditions were explored at the site on March 19, 2003 by excavating <br />eleven test pits to depths of 4.2 to 14.2 feet below the existing ground surface using a backhoe. The <br />explorations were located in the field by an NGA engineer who also examined the soils and geologic <br />conditions encountered and maintained logs of the test pits. <br />The approximate locations of our explorations are shown on the Site Plan in Figure 2. The soils were <br />visually classified in general accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System, presented as Figure <br />3. The logs of our explorations are presented as Figures 4 through 6. We present a brief summary of the <br />subsurface conditions in the following paragraphs. For a more detailed description of the site soils, the <br />test pit logs should be reviewed. <br />Our subsurface explorations encountered a surficial layer of topsoil 0.9 to 2.1 feet thick. The subsurface <br />soils were highly variable, not only between different test pit locations but also in individual explorations. <br />Typically, the test pits encountered several different layers of soil approximately each layer was two to <br />four .feet in thickness. The different soil types included: silty fine to medium sand with fine gravel, silt, <br />silty fine to medium sand, silty fine sand, silty fine sand with occasional gravel pockets, silt with fine <br />sand, silt with fine to medium sand, silty fine to coarse sand with fine gravel, silty fine sand/sandy silt, <br />fine sand, medium to coarse sand, silty fine to coarse sand with gravel, and medium to coarse sand with <br />gravel and cobbles. We have interpreted these materials as glacial drift and recessional outwash. <br />In Test Pit 11, the topsoil was underlain by loose silty fine to medium sand, evaluated as fill, which <br />extended to a depth of 2.8 feet. A layer of buried topsoil, 0.2 feet thick, was observed below the fill soils. <br />The materials we observed beneath the buried topsoil were generally more granular and less moisture - <br />sensitive than the soils encountered in the other explorations. These included: silty fine to medium sand, <br />silty fine to coarse sand with gravel, medium to coarse sand with gravel and cobbles, and fine sand. <br />Hydrologic Conditions:, Slight ground water seepage was encountered in Test Pits 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9. This <br />seepage was encountered above relatively impermeable materials, and is interpreted to be perched ground <br />water. <br />Perched ground water occurs when surface water infiltrates through more permeable, near -surface soils, <br />NELSON GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />EXHIBIT #_� <br />PAGE %nF Z/Y/ <br />