It is kind of down in the valley. I don't know what feeds the pond other then rain off at times. The level stays pretty much constant. Goes up at times but not much. It does look like it was damed up at one point a long time ago, if you are looking at the 3rd picture the bank all the way to the left looks like the dam. There isn't a whole lot of water movement other than the wind will push the watermeal to the sides at times. That was the whole idea of the waterfall, that it would help move the water more and create a pretty cool feature. There doesn't seem to be a lot of muck, but I haven't been in it a whole lot.

Yes, there are deer everywhere, turkeys and animals in general.