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n����ti� ix, zooa <br />Mr. Jim lhomas <br />Rclvcdcrc Lo1s 32 �md 3J <br />I.��A Job No. 4A088 <br />Pagc 4 <br />unJisWrbed anJ wclLdraincd, thc fresh till can (IfOVI(Il' CSCCIIIIi� IOLII1d�U00 5�:�)�]Of( with IiUlc <br />sctUeuicnl expccicd. l'hc Vashon'I ill, howevcr, was nol cncuinticred k.; our test pils. <br />'I hc I?speraiicc Sand soils arc advancc oulwash sand scdimcnts consists of proglacial fluvial and <br />lacustrinc dcposits laid down by slow-moving meltµ•atcr s�rean�s from the advancing bul distant <br />�'ashon glacier. It is generally composed o£ light brown to light gray, well-sorled, fine-to- <br />meJium-grained sand. It may include lenses of thin silt or coarse sand and small gravel locally. <br />In confined situations, the Gsperance Sand soils are generally in dense to very dense slate. The <br />I:sperancc Sand deposils, ho�acvcr, can sut�jcct ratlicr casily lo r:unwash crosioa and gullying, <br />and may loosen up and slough lo its angle of repose when cxposed on slopes or man-made cuts <br />with poor vegelation cover. ��he I�sperance Sand soils are quite permeable and is oRen saturoted <br />at thc basc whcrc it is undcrlaiu by an impervious silt lo clay laycr. <br />l hr Whidbcy fon,ialion is non-glacial rivcr flood-plain de�osils. It consisls of light-brown lo <br />gr.iy, claycy, �inc-sandy silt wilh occasiun;�l gravcl. 'Ihc WhiJbcy fonnalion is gencrally vcry <br />sliff Iu IiarJ in its cndisturbed nativc staic. It h:is a rclativcly low permcability and tends to perch <br />gruundwalcc Sccpagc would cmcrge oul of slopcs where thc Whidbcy Conna�ion is cxposed on <br />slupcs. When Ihe secpage pressure is liigh, the cmerging waler can erode the soils above thc <br />scr�ia�c zune, and cnusc Ihc ovcrl}'in� soil mass in slnugh and coll:�psc. Thc Whidbcy formation <br />.'.J'. 11��� l'llt I�Illli�'1�'�� ��'. �'I I�li' �iC��(�C�� ��� :I11��`�III �8i C t'\�'���I:I�I�IiI. <br />til litil ���il'�11 �I', 1 Il\UI � �O�V\ <br />I�uur ��•r.l b�n�in�;s ���crc drillcJ on di,: ridge shclf jwrliun of Ihc luls tu cxplure (hc subsurl�acc <br />cnndilions of thc lots. l cst Borings I anJ 2, locatcd ncar the crest of the stecp slope Ilanking thc <br />c;isl sidc of Ihe uplanJ shclf arca were drillcJ t�i 1GS Icel deep; anJ Tesl f3orings 3 and �I, located <br />i.iu �F �ssociA��rs, iNc. l sl�<; <br />