diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow.inp b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow.inp
index 607f45f7d4..be30674a7b 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow.inp
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_input_amr_inflow.inp
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ ABL.bndry_output_format = netcdf
 #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
 #        ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT       #
 #.......................................#
-amr.n_cell              = 48 48 48    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
+amr.n_cell              = 24 24 24    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
 amr.max_level           = 1           # Max AMR level in hierarchy
+amr.blocking_factor     = 4
+amr.max_grid_size       = 16
 
 tagging.labels = static
 tagging.static.type = "CartBoxRefinement"
diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc.inp b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc.inp
index 4600baa14d..7eb685d89a 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc.inp
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc/abl_bndry_input_amr_native_mlbc.inp
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ ABL.bndry_output_format = native
 #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
 #        ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT       #
 #.......................................#
-amr.n_cell              = 48 48 48    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
+amr.n_cell              = 24 24 24    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
 amr.max_level           = 1           # Max AMR level in hierarchy
+amr.blocking_factor     = 4
+amr.max_grid_size       = 16
 
 tagging.labels = static
 tagging.static.type = "CartBoxRefinement"
diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow.inp b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow.inp
index 44a17f730e..ec5be76057 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow.inp
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow/abl_bndry_output_amr_inflow.inp
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ ABL.bndry_output_format = netcdf
 #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
 #        ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT       #
 #.......................................#
-amr.n_cell              = 48 48 48    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
+amr.n_cell              = 24 24 24    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
 amr.max_level           = 1           # Max AMR level in hierarchy
+amr.blocking_factor     = 4
+amr.max_grid_size       = 16
 
 tagging.labels = static
 tagging.static.type = "CartBoxRefinement"
diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_native/abl_bndry_output_amr_native.inp b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_native/abl_bndry_output_amr_native.inp
index 9688d71419..5167f750b7 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_native/abl_bndry_output_amr_native.inp
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_bndry_output_amr_native/abl_bndry_output_amr_native.inp
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ ABL.bndry_output_format = native
 #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
 #        ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT       #
 #.......................................#
-amr.n_cell              = 48 48 48    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
+amr.n_cell              = 24 24 24    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
 amr.max_level           = 1           # Max AMR level in hierarchy
+amr.blocking_factor     = 4
+amr.max_grid_size       = 16
 
 tagging.labels = static
 tagging.static.type = "CartBoxRefinement"
diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_godunov_mpl_amr/abl_godunov_mpl_amr.inp b/test/test_files/abl_godunov_mpl_amr/abl_godunov_mpl_amr.inp
index 1475cb6bf0..844873b68f 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_godunov_mpl_amr/abl_godunov_mpl_amr.inp
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_godunov_mpl_amr/abl_godunov_mpl_amr.inp
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ ABL.surface_roughness_z0 = 0.15
 #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
 #        ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT       #
 #.......................................#
-amr.n_cell              = 48 48 72    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
+amr.n_cell              = 24 24 36    # Grid cells at coarsest AMRlevel
 amr.max_level           = 1           # Max AMR level in hierarchy
+amr.blocking_factor     = 4
 tagging.labels = static
 tagging.static.type = "CartBoxRefinement"
 tagging.static.static_refinement_def = "static_box.txt"
diff --git a/test/test_files/abl_godunov_static_refinement_rr4/static_box.txt b/test/test_files/abl_godunov_static_refinement_rr4/static_box.txt
index d3976e3e3f..f9ab670857 100644
--- a/test/test_files/abl_godunov_static_refinement_rr4/static_box.txt
+++ b/test/test_files/abl_godunov_static_refinement_rr4/static_box.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 1
 1
-0.0 0.0 0.0 1000.0 1000.0 750.0
+0.0 0.0 0.0 1000.0 1000.0 150.0