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y <br />#, SOIL PROFILE AND SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS <br /> -Approximately 6 to 7 feet of -sil-ty..=sand-was .found in the <br /> F` <br /> -.test pits as the near-surface foundation soils. -The silty sand <br /> .-has strength and compressibility characteristics that are water <br /> sensitive. Typically, silt soils have ..low to very low shear <br /> strength and are often susceptible -to :moderage consolidations <br /> " when saturated under -modest loads. These foundation soils can <br /> be characterized as fine grained, granular, of low plasticity, <br /> low strength and -low to moderate -compressibility. <br /> Below the near-surface -soils, coarse sand was found in <br /> the test pits. <br /> k <br /> Ground water was encountered :at 11 feet in all of the ex- <br /> ploratory pits. <br /> i <br /> 'MOCATION OF NEAREST FAULTS <br /> i <br /> S <br /> j <br /> t <br /> 'The ,distance. •from the project to the nearest fault is about <br /> } <br /> 31 miles south. The Stockton Fault is buried .by Quaternary 1 <br /> alluvium and is -regarded as .inactive. <br /> Distance to the Calaveras Fault, the nearest potentially <br /> ...active. fault, is 66 miles .southwest. ",The nearest active fault <br /> is the Hayward Fault and is 74 miles southwest.. <br /> :RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> From a soil -engineering -standpoint, the subject site is 1 <br /> -suitable for the proposed project, provided the recommendations <br /> --presented in this report are incorporated into the design con <br /> -2- <br /> , <br />