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A, ril 10, 2005 <br />Proposed Single-Pamily Residence <br />L&A Job No. SA019 <br />Page 4 <br />cuts or natural slopes �vhen undiswrbed. Where exposed on slopes of poor vegctation cover and <br />subject to stonn runofT; thc Advnnce Ouhvash deposits can be gradually eroded and may slough <br />to a tlatter inclinatiai. "fhc Advance Out���ash deposits in their native, undisturbed state can <br />provide good foundation support with Iitlle settlement expectcd for light to modcr�te residential <br />structures. <br />SUI3SURTACG CONDI770NS <br />Subsurfnce conditions of the su�jcct sitc ncre explored on Pebruary 17, 2005, with hvo test pits. <br />Thc test pils ���ere excav,�tecl with a tirc-iuounted backhoc lo depths of 8.9 and 9A feeL Thc <br />approximatc locations of Ihe test pits are sho�vn on Platc 2- Site and Exploration Location Plv�. <br />Thc tesl pits �verc locatcd �vith cithcr a tapc measure or by visual rcferencc to existing <br />topogrnphic fe�tures in Ihe ficld aud on tlic lopographic survey nmp, and their locations shoidd be <br />considcrcd onl�� accur.�tc to �hc mcnsuring metl�od uscd. <br />n geotechnical engineer li�om our oflice ���as present during subsurf:ice exploration, who <br />examined the soil and gcologic conditions encotmtered and completed logs of lest pits. Soil <br />samples obtaincd from cach soil unit in the test pits ���cre visuaily classiticd in gcncral <br />accordance wilh United Soil Classification System, a cop}� of which is presenled on Plate 3. <br />lletailed descriptions of soils encountercd during site cxploration are presented in test pit logs on <br />Platc 4. <br />Thc test pits rcveulcd that the sitc is underlain by a brown-gray to grnp, fresh, �dvance ouhvash <br />deposit of dcnse, dean to slightly silty, finc to medium sand, �t about 6 to 7 fect Uclow existing <br />grada In 1�cst Pit 1, located in the uphill portion of lhe site, this advmice out�vash deposit �i�1s <br />overlain by a layer of light-browu to light-gray, wcakly-cemented glncial drift of dense to very- <br />clense, silty fine sancl witl� a trace of gravel, abuul 4 fcet thick. This layer of glacial drift is in <br />turn overlain by about onc loot oPbrown weatlierecl soils of inedium-dense silty fine sand and 2.0 <br />LIU & ASSOCIAT�S,INC. <br />