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Revision as of 20:18, 2 August 2022

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 0.31 0.35 0.35 0.20 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.28 0.21 0.25 0.20 0.23 0.20 0.22 0.32 0.25
Fine gravel 0.27 0.35 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.26 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.25 0.19 0.17 0.25 0.25
Medium gravel 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.25 0.13 0.25 0.23
Coarse gravel 0.14 0.25 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.18 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.25 0.12 0.22

1 - Valley fill, California 2 - Mokelumne area, California 3 - Santa Ynez River basin, California 4 - Sacramento Valley, California 5 - Smith River plain, California 6 - Ventura County, California 7 - Santa Margarita Valley, California 8 - Tia Juana Basin, California 9 - San Luis Obispo County, California 10 - San Joaquin Valley, California 11 - Eureka area, california 12 - Santa Ynez basin, California 13 - Rechna Doab, Pakistan 14 - Napa-Sonoma Valleys, California 15 - Humboldt River Valley, California 16 - Unconsolidated alluvium 17 - Little Bighorn River Valley, Montana 18 - Average specific yield