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I live just east of Kansas City MO and we are in a horrible drought. We have not have a single rain above 1.4" since March. Almost all our rains are .1-.4"
Needless to say the ponds in my area are way down, including my neighbors who both have dry ponds now for the first time in 31 years they said.
Our pond has done better but we are down 4 to 4.5 feet. with maybe only 4.5-5' now at deepest spot. They are predicting a very wet pattern the next week of up to 7.5"
I've taken advantage of adding pee gravel areas, contour changes, PVC fish trees, and cider blocks with so much shore being exposed. If this rains comes, should we turn the fountain on for longer periods of time to help mix the water?
Lets hope we get this rain!
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Are you up in Clay county? I understand its still dry up there. My in-laws farm east along I-70 near Concordia - they have caught some rain such that ponds are near full. My place is in Henry county and we had some great rain a few weeks ago. Still, watching the forecast coming up for rain hoping to fill the duck lakes. But don't really want 7.5"
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I plan to run my aeration system more extensively anytime I get a large amount of water inflow. I have excessive water shed and believe (without experience) that turning the water over to help mix the inflow with the existing water will minimize the shock value of the sudden changes. Of course, this could be dangerous if the aeration system has been turned off for the winter and at that point I would have to play it by ear.
There's a lot of factors at play here and I would be looking at the water column temps, rain water temps, and air temps. Things like pond water/rain water chemistry is outside of my current abilities.
I would think that because it is mild weather temps and assume that your fountain has been running enough to de-stratify your remaining water column that running the fountain more constantly would be a bit of insurance. I think you're biggest risk is a bringing stagnant/dead water up from a stratified pond and/or large temperature/chemistry changes.
The above is a lot of opinion, but I'm hearing your thoughts and will watch your thread for others responses.
I can't imagine if my pond were to be only half full...I bet you've been down about it all summer!
Fish on!, Noel
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I am located in Grain Valley MO, just north of the I70 area. We seemed to have missed every good rain.
Right now the fountain runs from 7am to 11:30am daily
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Tallryan610,how did you do on the first wave of rain? They was saying that we was going to get some of the same rain, but it never made it here.
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So far just 3/10 most the rain is predicted for the next four days. Now they have lowered it to 1-5
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Picked up almost 2 overnight and this morning, pond has risen a good 3
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We have had 2.9" so far with this rain. 2.7" last night
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Glad to hear you guys are getting some. They say that I should see some tonight, but as of yet, nothing for me.
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I can't even guess how much we've gotten in the past month. It seems if there's a thunderstorm anywhere, it's rolling over us. I did buy a rain gauge/outside thermometer tonight tho, so I'll be able to keep up with it now. The overflow pipe is working overtime. Sure hope y'all get what you need soon.
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Last night it rained all night and its still going!
4 total now and the pond has risen 6
First time since March the pond has gone up.
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That's great! They were calling for 1"-2" here last night,and I got nothing.
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So far now 5 of rain and the pond is up 8
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I wish I'd get 5", as low as my pond is it would probably give me a few feet in it. I did get a few sprinkles a little while ago, but not enough to talk about.
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Last night we picked up an addition 3.75" that's 8.75" since Friday night now.
Pond was up 17" this morning and rising! They are calling for more rain through Wednesday morning.
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Wow, that's great! They said we have a chance tomorrow night into Wednesday, but I won't hold my breath. Lol! They say that the heaviest rain will be west of us.
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That's a fair amount of rain Ryan. I am south of I-70 only 60 miles east of you and we only received a little over 1 inch from Friday to this morning, but we have received rain over the last month when you have been dry. Glad to hear that your pond is coming up!
Fish on!, Noel
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I think I figured out how get the rain to move on!! I bought a rain gauge! Haven't had a drop since!!
.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
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Our area is the only area in the state that is still under severe drought conditions....... ugh yall send me some of your extra
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We've got two fronts forcasted to make it into the deep south in the next few days. Overnight temps in the 50s. Hopefully they'll both pull some of this moisture up into those areas that need it so badly.
.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
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Finally getting some serious rain! YES!
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Yeah man!!! Glad you're finally getting something significant!!
.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
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Last night we picked up another 1.25" bringing the total now to 10.5!
They are calling for an additional 1-3" today and then its over.
Pond was up another few inches this morning. Still 20" or so away from being full is my guess
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Send some my way.I think I need you to teach me your Rain Dance!lol!
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Total rain now is 11.2, I cant remember such a 4 day period of rain. We were in the exceptional drought past 2 months which is the worst of the 5 levels. This is such a blessing to have water before winter.
Pond is up 30 exactly now. It appears to have 16-18 to go before the overflow pipes. My guess is by Friday it might be to the overflow level.
All the pee gravel areas, cinder block structures, and pvc trees are well under water. Hopefully all the work pays off long term!
It is just so odd to see the pond fullish, it was completely full when we bought the property 14 months ago but we have had such poor moisture since and apparently it dropped 46-48 since over the year.
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