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Table 9--Physical properties of water-bearing materials from test holes in Meade county, Kansas.
| Test hole number on figure 14. |
Depth of sample (feet). |
Geologic subdivision |
Medium and coarse gravel (larger than 2.0 mm) |
Fine gravel (2.0-1.0 mm). |
Coarse sand (1.0 0.50 mm). |
Medium sand (0.50-0.25 mm). |
Fine sand (0.25-0.125 mm). |
Very Fine sand (0.125-0.062 mm). |
Silt and clay (less than 0.062 mm). |
Coefficient of Permeability.* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 93-100 | Meade | 8.5 | 42.3 | 30.2 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 170 |
| 3 | 131-140 | Meade | 3.4 | 22.3 | 37.2 | 23.2 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 64 |
| 3 | 318-330 | Ogallala | 5.5 | 25.5 | 36 | 21.4 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 22 |
| 5 | 140-150 | Meade | 9.1 | 25.9 | 36.5 | 22.1 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 160 |
| 5 | 260-270 | Meade | 13.8 | 42 | 28.5 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 61 |
| 8 | 97-107 | Meade | 34.8 | 41.5 | 17.8 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 450 |
| 8 | 170-180 | Meade | 11.4 | 39.1 | 30.5 | 15 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 910 |
| 8 | 200-210 | Meade | 10.9 | 43.7 | 25.2 | 15 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1 | 249 |
| 8 | 270-280 | Meade | 12.2 | 35.1 | 39.2 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 510 |
| 8 | 320-330 | Meade | 2.6 | 32.4 | 48.2 | 14.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 650 |
| 8 | 420-431 | Meade | 5.5 | 40.6 | 36.5 | 13.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 12.5 |
| 10 | 129-140 | Ogallala | 28 | 37.4 | 18.4 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 143 |
| 11 | 3-8 | Ogallala | 34.9 | 28.3 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 340 |
| 11 | 8-10 | Ogallala | 4.3 | 7.4 | 14.2 | 51.7 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 23 |
| 11 | 12-15.5 | Ogallala | 9.1 | 24.4 | 26.7 | 24.4 | 11.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 430 |
| 13 | 71-80 | Meade | 57.4 | 26.4 | 7.9 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 225 |
| 13 | 260-270 | Ogallala | 46.7 | 42.2 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5,300 |
| 17 | 74-85 | Ogallala | 12.4 | 26.3 | 38.7 | 19.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1,825 |
| 17 | 87-92 | Ogallala | 28.6 | 26.5 | 31.3 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 45 |
| 17 | 102-108 | Ogallala | 2.1 | 2.8 | 31.7 | 54.6 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 305 |
| 20 | 97-105 | Ogallala | 8.5 | 17.2 | 38.2 | 28.6 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| 20 | 170-180 | Ogallala | 4.3 | 5.2 | 19.7 | 54.3 | 14.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | |
| 20 | 220-230 | Ogallala | 24.5 | 44.9 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | |
| 20 | 363-370 | Ogallala | 7.3 | 59.6 | 22.4 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
| 23 | 330-340 | Ogallala | 27.3 | 36.8 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| 23 | 400-410 | Ogallala | 4.7 | 7.6 | 29.6 | 44 | 11.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 67 |
* Number of gallons of water a day at 60° F, that is conducted laterally through each mile of water-bearing bed under investigation (measured at right angles to the direction of flow), for each foot of thickness of the bed and for each foot per mile of hydraulic gradient
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