Research Article

A GIS-Enabled Approach for Assessing Damage Potential of Levee Systems Based on Underlying Geology and River Morphology

Table 6

Summary of available geotechnical investigation borehole logs and cone penetration tests (CPTs) in the study areas.

AreaURS boreholesURS HistoricalUSACEURS CPTs
Borehole (B)Hollow stem auger (A)Hand auger (H)Sonic core (S)Piezometer (M)Historical logBoreholeCPT

West Sacramento2649a3425
American River10627a
Marysville49416
RD784212
Feather North1014519
Feather South1410b674

Total267118

Many more available. These are a short list of historical boreholes used for this study.
bOne borehole was “solid” and not “hollow” stem auger.