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J.. • I 76-301 Johnson § Peterscm, Inc. -2-August 16, 1976 Mineral soils encountered in the borings wers classified in accordance with the Unified Soils Classification System. A copy of that chart is attached. Representative samples of the soils brought to the surface by the auger will be retained in this office for a period of 60 days to be available for examination. Percolation tests were run in 6-inch diameter holes, drilled to a depth of 36 inches, in accordance with the procedures normally used on lots that will be developed residential!* . In accordance with standard procedures, the holes were permitted to soak overnight before conducting the tests. Each of the borings was probed immediately after completion to check for the presence of groundwater. Results: The Log. of Soils encountered in the borings and the water level observations are shown on the attached Log of Boring sheets. Boring B-1 encountered brown, silty sand overlying slightly silty sands to the respective termination depth of ISh feet. Borings B-3 and B-4 typically encountered a sandy clay tp a clayey sand overlying a stratum of slightly silty sand to silty sand at or near the termination depth of the borings. Borings B-2 and B-5 through B-8 all encountered a dark brown to black silty sand to depths on the order of 2 to 6 inches and then encountered strata of verying thickness and depths of sandy clay and silty clayey sand pTarial tin to the termination depth of each of these boringsy A black sandy was eiiLuuiiLei'd to Sl de^^th fPCT Yn boring B-7. In probing the borings immediately after completion, ground water was not encountered in borings B-5 and B-6. Water was encountered at a depth of 11 feet in B-1, 1 flh frn% ii n H Z An/t ^‘^*1 feet in B-3. 9U feet 1^ ft-7 feet in located at the southwest edge of the property. The contour elevation of the edge of this swamp to be roughly 930±. It then appears from this information that the groundwater table over the area under investigation would be above elevation 930. In boring B-1. water was encountered at an elevation of 945. In boring B-4, water was encountered at elevation 934.5. There is considerable variation between Ihese water level readings. Because of the cohesive nature of the soils encountered, considerable time is required in order for the groundwater to stablize in the borings. It t