My wife and I are currently looking at a property that is perfect for what we want, the view, the land, level building site... The last remaining question is can we build a pond. The plan would be to build a pond in the bottom of the ravine, nothing large - something close to an acre. I have attached the Topo map. The Red line is the property perimeter, the blue is the proposed pond site, the purple is what I calculated the watershed area to be about 28 acres. The bottom of the ravine is always wet but looking at the soil maps is no use to me because I have no Idea what these exotic names for soil mean. The data from the NRCS WSS tool indicates the soil as "Dekalb Channery Sandy Loam" or "Laidig Channery Loam". I am kindly requesting some great knowlege from the experts on this site.
I wasn't able to find anything on the specific soil type but the Dekalb does say poor permeability. How about rocks? Only clay (sandy loam) holds water. Rocks and pure sand won't hold water.
I have a concern about what I perceive as the runoff area. It appears that a lot of it is outside your property and thus you have no control over what happens to it. Thus a neighbor could take action on their property that would cut off your water flows. This happens quite often.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
There are alot of rocks on the property, however I am limited to what I see on the surface as I do not own the property yet. The "neighborhood" in which I live(I live right down the road) has many community ponds which on NRCS website have the same soil type. I am not concerned with the runoff area as I know the neighbors. When I dug out an area for my garden last year it was what I would consider very dense clay (my backhoe was scratching through it) however there are quite a few rocks(5-8")
