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Specific yields for different geologic materials. Source: USGS Water Supply Paper 1662-D (Table 29).
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Material	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Clay	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.01	0	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.01			0.02
Silt	0.10	0.04	0.12	0.03		0.03	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.19	0.04	0.17	0.08
Sandy clay	0.10	0.04	0.12	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.10			0.10				0.07
Fine sand	0.21	0.26	0.12	0.10	0.10	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.27	0.20	0.25	0.23	0.32	0.21
Medium sand	0.31	0.26	0.30	0.20	0.15	0.25	0.28	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.20	0.30	0.28	0.20	0.28	0.28	0.32	0.26
Coarse sand
0.31	0.35	0.35	0.20	0.25	0.25	0.28	0.32	0.25	0.25	0.20	0.30	0.23	0.20	0.27	0.28	0.32	0.27
Gravelly sand
Fine gravel
Medium gravel
Coarse gravel