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USCS - Unified Soil Classification System

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS) UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND SYMBOL CHART COARSE-GRAINED SOILS (more than 80% of material is targer than No. 200 sieve size) ‘Glean Gravels (Less than 5% fines) Wellgraded gravels, gravel-sand mitre, litle or a fines More than 50% (gp | Pooryaraded gravels, gravel-sand LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA 20 ow BA Dag ‘greater than 4: Cp = between 1 and 2 Dig*Dap GP. Not meeting al gradation requirements for GW heoarse” (ey OP | mints iter no tes fraction larger Gravels with fines (More than 12% fines) than No sievesize | ou | sitygravels ravorsandaitmicires | | cat Aterbergtits below A” |. petng wit Pl. botveen {0 ae borserine cases Gayey gravel, raversand day Ge Alorberg mits above a" | requrng usec al smools mos tine wit gear han 7 isan Sands (Less an 5 es) D $0 greater than 4; C, between f and 3. Woltraded sands, gravely sands roster than 4:05 = 2 SW | ithe orno fines and 10 Dig *Deq sano Eats Poorly graded sands gravel sends Cteoase SP | tbe ora fines ‘SP Not meating all gradation requirements for GW eee Sands with fines (More than 12% fines) Sevesze [11] sa | sity sands sand-sit mistres cu Aterbarg nits below A” | ints ting in shad one SC. | Clayey sands, sané-clay mixtures FINE-GRAINED SOLS (60% or more of materia is smaller than No. 200 sieve size.) ‘nth BL between 4 and 7 are Borderine eases requiring use 30 Alsrberg mis above a’ |. oroine cases tie with PI greater than 7 Inorganie sits and very fine sands, rock ‘termine parcariagas af and and gavel fom gialnaiz cave. Depending ‘on poreoniago ones (acon small than No. 200 siove siz}, ‘ars grained sd recast low tm_| four sity of clayey tne sands or clayey | | Laas nan 5 parcant + GW, GP. sv SP sus sits wih sight pasty ove than 1 pereon’ ‘ COIL Ge SL Se. fet Page aeao eer Bio prot Borin cs egg al sybos Luqaigtimt | | CL. | plasty, gravely clays, sandy clays, ene | Silty cays Tean clays PLASTICITY CHART 50% con. | Organi sits and organic sity cays of 0 fom pasty z Ex van | Gatsmasonus fn sanyo lye, = 2 siLTs elastic silts a ‘ALINE: ae ea | Ai ortzo| Incrganie lays o high plasty ft B Liq iit CH Gay Samana E e MHtoH son A & 2 a 5 | ou | Organic ays of medium to high 2 0 i plasty. genic sits 2 mm aso HiGHLy °o 10 20 8 a0 80 e070 BO 60 100 ORGANIC pr | Pestand otherhighly organic sols iets anti fey ‘SOILS.

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