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Project: Cripple Creek Geohydrology Date: 4/8/2008 <br />Task: Apparent Basin Yield Page 5-2 <br />INFILTRATION YIELD <br />The infiltration to mountain desert terrains is little studied. <br />The work of Maxey and Eakin (1949) based on 13 Nevada basins gives: <br />Precip mm 0-203 203-304 305-380 381-507 >508 <br />Infiltration 0% 3% 7% 15% 25% <br />Based on 19.6 inches (498 mm) of rain, the infiltration would be 25%. <br />These studies were based on average precipitation on relatively low elevation basins. <br />However, the 11.3% infiltration would appear to be reasonably in line with this expectation <br />REFERENCES <br />Maxey, G.B , and T.E. Eakin, 1949. Ground water in White River Valley, White Pine, Nye, and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. Water Resources <br />Bulletin No. 8, Nevada State Engineer, 59 p. <br />Adrian Brown Consultants, Inc.