Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site is this a good idea to build a pond here

we bought a house a couple months a go and found out after that what we thought was neibors side yard was ours only thing is its seperated from the rest of yard with a large deep stream i was wondering what yalls thoughs was for putting it under water and if its even big enough to worry with the size of the lot is 100 by 100 and is clear besides small pines someone planted would like to find a use for it because the way it is we get no use from it besides the neibors think its a great place to dump there limbs another question is water supply the stream is about 10 or 15 below running strait along side could i use a pump to fill the pond from the stream keep in mind i dont reaally have much knowledge with all this so your guidence would be more than appreciated

Post some pic's it will help us help you.
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Rocky

ok went out and got pictures and measured lot size is 155x75 because the stream is included in lot size i guess still is bigger than i thought seems to already be a bowl maybe it would work soil is good red clay holds water very good know i have another question i just looked on survey and see a 20 foot easement for runoff would this matter since its a pond or would it be dead in the water per say i have to tell yall after i bought this place i said to my self well possum looks like the dream of a pond of my own is gone with the buffalo but maybe has sure has i got scales in my veins it could still happen

Beautiful looking place Ed. A topo map of the property would probably help the experts answer you questions about the pond potential.

What type of snake is that in the fourth photo?

honestly i think from looking at the picture it water moccasin but at the time i was to busy running and scream like a girl to id at the time i had my foot over him when he moved side ways scared the man out of me where would i get a topo from

That is a speckled kingsnake. It eats other snakes and small animals and bugs. A good one to leave alive.

dad gummit i really thought it was moccassin or i would have left alone thats why he didnt try to bite will i was wopppin him with my cain never seen so many snakes in a subdivision killed a rattler two days after moving in just laying in the car port like he owned the place

so i know yall get this all the time but what the average cost of a pond these days

Boy, that's a pretty broad question, Ed. There are a bunch of factors that go into that sort of equation and it may help narrow things down a bit if you would share some of your ideas on what the pond would ideally be in terms of shape, depth, overall size, etc. I suspect there are some folks here who could help you ballpark it, but like the answer to pretty much every question asked here, "it all depends!"

I think you shouldn't be afraid of that because the place ir great and there are no big problems about it. As I can see in pictures - maybe there are something that I cannot see but you mentioned some things and these are not so important so good luck and build it up!