CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS) UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND SYMBOL CHART COARSE-GRAINED SOILS (more than 80% of materia is targer than No. 200 sieve size) ‘Glean Gravels (Less than 5% fines) aw | Wellgraded gravels, gravel-sand Pe mitre, litle or a fnes craves SS LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA Deo ‘great than 4:05 Dio More than 50% Poory-graded gravel, gravel-sand Tenures He) S| mes tle ono ance GP. Not meeting al gradation requirements for GW fracton ger Graves wih nes (More than 12% nes) ‘Atterberg limits bolow "A sieve size Sily gravels, gravelsand-sit mixtures | | GM Attorberg ints bol ‘Above "A" line wih Pl between ling er Pi less than 4 _| {ior 7 are bordrine cases Clayey gravels, gravel-sand-clay ‘co. Alterberg mits above "A" | requiring use of dual symbols mixtures lino with PI. greater than 7 (Glean Sands (Less than 5% fines) D, D. 8 grat than 4, 0 between 1 and 2 \Wellgraded sands, gravlly sands, crear than 4: Cp = = SW | tte or no tines ul 10 Dip*Peo saNos = eae Poorly graded sands. gravally sands, inca SP | tte ora ines ‘SP Not mestin al gradation requirements for GW fractonsmater Sands wih nes (Mor than 12% fies) sieve size SM | Siy sands, sand-sit mixtures sm Atterberg mits below "A" | Limits ploting in shaded zone SC | Clayey sands, sané-clay mixtures FINE-GRAINED SOLS (60% or more of material is smaller than No. 200 sieve size.) line or Pi ess than 4 | with between 4 and 7 are Borderine eases requiring use 30 Alsrberg mis above a’ |. otiorine cases tie with PI greater than 7 Inorganic sits and very fine sands, rock ‘termine parcaniagas of and and gavel fom gralnaizs cuve. Depending ‘on peooniago ones (acon small than No. 200 sove si), ‘ars grined sd re clase a low ML | tour sity f clayey ne sands orcayey | | Laos than s percant GW. OP sw, 5° surs sits with sight plasty Nore tan 18 prea ‘ IIT GMS sa se cms | Tenaga lay of orto wecira Sto 2 parcont Bins cases ning dl sro Lagat | | CL | lastly, gravely clays, sandy cys, ‘esstnan | ‘iy lays, lean lays PLASTICITY CHART sor OL | Oenicsits and organic sty cays of ms fo plasty z E so Tnargani its, ricacsous ar = oH wi | dlatomacoous fe sandy oF ity so z : sus taste site 5° ‘AUNE AND 2 | Aso 750 20) aes cn | rg tig ast at . al = son” § 20 orgreater B Fou | Organic clays of medium thigh 2 0 E ples. gene ats Zz snug HoH 1020-30 a0 060 70 80 80 100 ongaNc PT | Peatand otherhighly organic sols Lau Las. Pe) ‘SOILS.