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DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY <br />1 <br />PARTICLE SIZE IDENTIFICATION <br />SOIL INTRUSIONS <br />eouldsrs over 3.. <br />THICKNESS RELATIVE /ROPORTIONa <br />' <br />Gar veal <br />isrkss 0 — Ile" with a hw 0 — ; 0% <br />Corso 1" — 3" <br />sum Ile" — 1" with soma 11 — 20% <br />Madum 1il" — 1" <br />low 1" — 12" with over 20% <br />Fins No. 4 — 1R" <br />wowed alternating norm or <br />SrkO <br />hmm of clays and <br />Oeaea No. 4 — No.10 silts In lake deP <br />Mecum No,10 — No. 4 <br />FMta No.40 — No. ;*." <br />MOISTURE CONTENT ORGANIC CONTENT <br />' <br />Vmv FMr No. 100 — No. <br />200 <br />Sat No. 200 — =5 mm Dry kte then 5% 0 — a% non to slightly organi _ <br />aw Nate then AM mm Mokt under optimum moisture 6 — 10% slightly organic <br />' <br />Wet war optimum moisture 11 — 25% organic: <br />106terburing saturated sand 26 — 05% muck <br />6%* put <br />' <br />RI" rE DENSITY OF <br />CONSISTENCY OF PLASTICITY OF SOILS WITH <br />CL ._arfONLESS SOIL= <br />COHESIVE SOILS LESS THAN 20% CLAY <br />very home 0 — 4 aPF <br />very soh 0 — 1 BFF non plastic gritty, cannot thread <br />' <br />kioaa 5 — 10 OPP <br />soh 2 — 3 6PF slightly plastic rough to to ooth, <br />«atsil an dares 11 — 30 OFF <br />rather soft 4— 5 ePF herd to thread <br />devise 31 — 50 OPP <br />meduen 6 — S ePF piratic smooth to waxy, <br />vary dmw 50+ aPF <br />retfur soft e — 12 ePF easy to thread <br />stiff 13 — 16 OPP <br />very ad" 17 — 30 a" <br />herd 30+ OPP <br />RELATIVE PROPORnm <br />OF GRAVEL <br />LABORATORY TESTS <br />• tastes 0 — e% <br />DD Dry Dansihr, pd OC Orgenk Content. % <br />. Nt11e 6 —16% <br />wD Wet OwIty, pd a Prortt of Seturation. % <br />oaths 16 — 30% <br />Mc No m Mokiara Content. % aG Spae+fk Gravity <br />w 31 —a0% <br />LL Liquld LirNt. % C Colteelen <br />PL no Limit, % 6 Angle of Internal Frietkn <br />PI Plasticity Index. % vu Unimenfkied Corrkpreteiwe Strength <br />DRILLING NOTES: <br />Standard penetration ant boring; were sdrwoad by 216" or 3%" I.D. hollowrssem augers unless woad othn- <br />wise..letting water vrea used to cash out auger prior " srnpling only where indi—ted on lop. Standard <br />pensastion tat borings are dn*mmd by the prefix "sT" (split Tube). <br />Power auger boring were advanced by 4" or 6" dienrm, cantirwous4lia. solid stem augers. Soil alessifiestion <br />' <br />and strata depths are 6nfare0 from disturbed aemples augered to the surface and are therefore somewhat <br />epproximess. Power auger borinp are designated by the prefix "e". <br />Hend p►obinp were sdvenced memrelly with a 1 %" diameter probe end we limited to the depth from which <br />the Probe cm to im me IV withdramm. Hand probing ere k"mmed by the prefix "H". <br />' <br />CLASSIFlt4% AON: <br />CledAcetion on legs Is mob by inspection in soccer' - with the Unified Soik Cktteifkstion ayssun <br />lsea attached dot) using vieuai4na+usl procedures unless noted otherwise. <br />OROIMD NArtER: <br />Observadons were nude at the time; Indirarted. Pm cmitV of soil strate, saasacel weather oondltiona. site <br />' <br />sspagrephy, ate., mey asute dtrgse In the wasr Isvds Indioeaed on the lop. <br />SAMPLING: <br />AN err I are taken with the standard 2" O. D. split•tube ampiar, axoapt where nosed. TW indketw thin - <br />won a disk"" ses"Ple. <br />WF: <br />Nwrbn Irtel1 blows per foot reoadad in stutdeed penati on test, also known as "N" wake. The onpsr <br />is set 6" Into undisturbed soil below the hollow -stem auger. Driving resistances we than counted for teea�d <br />and third 6" in crerrnnts and added to pt 6PF. Where they differ significantly, they are reported in the <br />' <br />following form — 2112 for the saoon'and third 6" inraemants respectively. <br />NH: <br />W4 indicates the aantpla penetrated soil under weight of harmer and rods alorr, driving not required. <br />' <br />NOTE: <br />All Poste run in smardsnoe with appRemble ASTM standrds. <br />ENGINEERING TESTING <br />