Appendices - Soil Essentials: Managing Your Farm's Primary Asset - page 169

Appendix 24. Average infiltration rates for some soil types
Source: NSW Dept. Land and Water Conservation.

Texture group Application rate Infiltration rate mm/hr

Average soil structure Well-structured soil

Sands 50 65 50-700

Sandy loam 30 45 50-700

Loam 30 45 5-300

Clay loam 10 25 2.5-300

Light clay 2.5 5 0.5-40

Medium, heavy clay 2.5 5 0.1-40