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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=(D60/010)greater than 4 <br /> CLEAN <br /> GRAVELS GW MIXTURE,LITTLE OR NO FINES CONTENT Cc=(D30)2 I(D10•D60)between 1 and 3 <br /> OF FINES BELOW <br /> • <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 SW LITTLE <br /> 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 <br /> (More Than Half OF FINES BELOW <br /> More Than Half Coarse Fraction Is (little or no SP POORLY GRADED SANDS,GRAVELLY SANDS, 5% CLEAN SANDS NOT MEETING ABOVE <br /> by Weight Larger 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 /> fines) SC CLAYEY SANDS,SAND-CLAY MIXTURES 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 1 1 1 1 / <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 /> INORGANIC CLAYS OF LOW PLASTICITY, o /* CH R <br /> CLAYS Liquid Limit 40 Y 11 \ <br /> (Above A-Line on <50% CL GRAVELLY,SANDY,OR SILTY CLAYS,LEAN 0 / <br /> CLAYS / U-Line A-Line <br /> Plasticity Chart, Z 30 / <br /> Negligible Liquid Limit INORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH PLASTICITY,FAT >- / <br /> Organics) >50% CH CLAYS U <br /> Less Than Half by . I 20 / <br /> Weight Larger Liquid Limit ORGANIC SILTS AND ORGANIC SILTY CLAYS OF g // CL MH or OH <br /> Than No.200 ORGANIC SILTS <50% OL LOW PLASTICITY C. <br /> &CLAYS 10 / <br /> Sieve(i.e.,fines) / <br /> (Below A-Line on 7 FL-M, MLcrOL <br /> Plasticity Chart) Liquid Limit OH ORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH PLASTICITY 4 <br /> >50% 0 ML <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 $1Ze Sieve Size Unconfined <br /> (mm) (mm) Blow Counts Relative Friction Angle Description Strength Counts qu, 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 76mmto203mm GEO Group Northwest, Inc. <br /> BOULDERS >203 mm <br /> Geotechnical Engineers,Geologists,& <br /> ROCK Environmental Scientists <br /> FRAGMENTS >76 mm <br /> 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 />