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SOIL CLASSIFICATION & PENETRATION TEST DATA EXPLANATION <br /> UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (USCS) <br /> MAJOR DIVISION GROUP TYPICAL DESCRIPTION LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA <br /> SYMBOL <br /> WELL GRADED GRAVELS,GRAVEL-SAND Cu=(D60/D10)greater than 4 <br /> CLEAN GW MIXTURE,LITTLE OR NO FINES CONTENT Cc=(D30)2/(D10*D60)between 1 and 3 <br /> GRAVELS <br /> OF FINES BELOW <br /> GRAVELS (little or no GP POORLY GRADED GRAVELS,AND GRAVEL-SAND 5% CLEAN GRAVELS NOT MEETING ABOVE <br /> COARSE- (More Than Half fines) MIXTURES LITTLE OR NO FINES REQUIREMENTS <br /> GRAINED SOILS Coarse Fraction is <br /> Larger Than No.4 GM: ATTERBERG LIMITS BELOW"A"LINE. <br /> Sieve) DIRTY GM SILTY GRAVELS,GRAVEL-SAND-SILT MIXTURES CONTENT or P.I.LESS THAN 4 <br /> GRAVELS <br /> OF FINES EXCEEDS <br /> (with some GC CLAYEY GRAVELS,GRAVEL-SAND-CLAY 12% GC: ATTERBERG LIMITS ABOVE"A"LINE. <br /> fines) MIXTURES or P.I.MORE THAN 7 <br /> SANDS CLEAN SWWELL GRADED SANDS,GRAVELLY SANDS, Cu=(D60/D10)greater than 6 <br /> LITTLE OR NO FINES CONTENT Cc=(D30)2/(D10*D60)between 1 and 3 <br /> SANDS OF FINES BELOW <br /> (More Than Half <br /> (little 5% CLEAN SANDS NOT MEETING ABOVE <br /> or no POORLY GRADED SANDS,GRAVELLY SANDS, <br /> More Than Half Coarse Fraction is SP <br /> by Weight Larger <br /> Smaller Than No. fines) LITTLE OR NO FINES REQUIREMENTS <br /> Than No.200 4 Sieve) <br /> Sieve DIRTY SM SILTY SANDS,SAND-SILT MIXTURES ATTERBERG LIMITS BELOW"A"LINE <br /> with P.I.LESS THAN 4 <br /> SANDS CONTENT OF FINES <br /> EXCEEDS 12% <br /> (with some ATTERBERG LIMITS ABOVE"A"LINE <br /> SC CLAYEY SANDS,SAND-CLAY MIXTURES <br /> fines) with P.I.MORE THAN 7 <br /> SILTS Liquid Limit INORGANIC SILTS,ROCK FLOUR,SANDY SILTS <br /> (Below A-Line on <50% ML OF SLIGHT PLASTICITY 60 I I I I / <br /> Plasticity Chart, PLASTICITY CHART / <br /> FINE-GRAINED Negligible Liquid Limit INORGANIC SILTS,MICACEOUS OR 50- FOR SOIL PASSING / <br /> SOILS Organics) >50% MH DIATOMACEOUS,FINE SANDY OR SILTY SOIL NO.40 SIEVE / <br /> I <br /> INORGANIC CLAYS OF LOW PLASTICITY, o 40 <br /> /\ CH It <br /> CLAYS Liquid Limit r \ <br /> <50% CL GRAVELLY,SANDY,OR SILTY CLAYS,LEAN w / <br /> (Above A-Line on CLAYS 0 / U-Line <br /> Z A-Line <br /> Plasticity Chart, 30 / <br /> Negligible Liquid Limit INORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH PLASTICITY,FAT >-- / <br /> Organics) >50% CH CLAYS U / <br /> Less Than Half by W 20 / <br /> Weight Larger ORGANIC SILTS Liquid Limit OL ORGANIC SILTS AND ORGANIC SILTY CLAYS OF g // CL MH or OH <br /> Than No.200 <50% LOW PLASTICITY 0_ / <br /> Sieve(i.e.,fines) &CLAYS 10 / <br /> (BelowA-Line on 7 ML cr OL <br /> PlasticityLiquid Limit �L-M_ <br /> Chart) <br /> 4 <br /> >50% OH ORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH PLASTICITY ML <br /> 0 <br /> 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 <br /> HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS Pt PEAT AND OTHER HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS LIQUID LIMIT(%) <br /> SOIL PARTICLE SIZE GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOILS,BASED ON STANDARD <br /> U.S.STANDARD SIEVE PENETRATION TEST(SPT)DATA <br /> FRACTION Passing Retained SANDY SOILS SILTY&CLAYEY SOILS <br /> Sieve Size Sieve Size Unconfined <br /> (mm) (mm) Blow Counts Relative Friction Angle Description Blow Counts Strength Clu, Description <br /> N Density, % A,degrees N <br /> SILT/CLAY #200 0.075 tsf <br /> SAND 0-4 0-15 Very Loose <2 <0.25 Very soft <br /> FINE #40 0.425 #200 0.075 4-10 15-35 26-30 Loose 2-4 0.25-0.50 Soft <br /> MEDIUM #10 2.00 #40 0.425 10-30 35-65 28-35 Medium Dense 4-8 0.50-1.00 Medium Stiff <br /> COARSE #4 4.75 #10 2.00 30-50 65-85 35-42 Dense 8-15 1.00-2.00 Stiff <br /> GRAVEL >50 85-100 38-46 Very Dense 15-30 2.00-4.00 Very Stiff <br /> FINE 0.75" 19 #4 4.75 >30 >4.00 Hard <br /> COARSE 3" 76 0.75" 19 <br /> COBBLES 76 mm to 203 mm GFO Group Northwest, Inc. <br /> BOULDERS >203 mm <br /> Geotechnical Engineers,Geologists,& <br /> Environmental Scientists <br /> ROCK >76 mm <br /> FRAGMENTS 13705 Bel-Red Road Bellevue,WA 98005 <br /> Phone(425)649-8757 E-mail:info@geogrourpnw.com <br /> ROCK >0.76 cubic meter in volume PLATE Al <br />