Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Soil questions best place to buy land for a pond-lake

i have the ability to move just about anywhere to buy land and build a pond. i would like to know where the best places to build one are? i would like to hear tenn. because that is my first choice but would appreciate all info,thanks

I would think that question is a bit broad. There are good ponds just about everywhere, it just takes a bit of searching for a specific sites. The first question to ask yourself is what do you want out of your pond? A crystal clear swimming hole? A trophy bass lake? What species do you want? Trout, yellow perch, bass, catfish, all like somewhat different homes depending on your goals.

thanks for your response i am looking to build a pond about 10 acres or so. i would like it to be aplace where i can catch big bass(smallmouth preferably,but big largemouth certainly wouldn't be bad ) and an area by the house for the kids to swim and smallies tend to like cleaner water. i know that a pond can be built anywhere but i thought there might be places where soil, rainfall, terrain, ect. would make it cheaper and easier. given that i'm not rich i had hoped that some locals would lend itsself to this

I have had some expriance with this...if it is anything like north Ga land it is going to be very tough! 10 acre lakes or a 10 lake sight takes alot of looking and effort. I have been searching through and around all this timberland for sale, and I found one site that has an 8.5 acre site, and I bough it. I have to back up around 32 feet of water to get it that size though...

What you want to look for is somthing flat. Look for a realitivly flat hardwood bottom. Its going to take you about 100 acres to encompase that size a lake. Also be carefull when looking for these flat areas in that you don't run into any standing water that would be classified as wetlands. Wetlands are one of your biggest obsticales when building a big like like this. Also when looking at these hard wood bottoms take a good note at the timber. Most of the time you can run into good harvestable lumber that can go a long way into paying for your lake.
Make sure you also have enough water shed for your lake. For a ten acre lake I would want from 150 to 200 acres of water shed.

nhnewbee,
if you are like me, almost every where i go, i am looking at property wondering how a pond would do there. i live in northern arkansas, property value is climbing dramatically. not to many places to build ponds over 10 acres. if i had my choice, texas or florida and georgia seem to be great lake places. however, i kinda like the terrain around northern arkansas and missouri. i drove up through missouri several times, and to my amazement, there are some absolutely beautiful ponds, everywhere!! i live 10 miles from the mid-southern border of missouri. property around me runs 2500-6000$ an acre. you cross just over into missouri, and you can buy property 500$ on up! depends on how far you want to be from a hospital or school, and of course how much property you can buy at once. the more the property you can buy at once, generally more cheaper. i think your profile said you were a contractor or construction...so i'm sure this is not new info for you! check out missouri...i'm sure some others will have some info too. actually, i can't remember who it was, but there some guy on this web site, maybe he'll see this and pipe in, but he is a wildlife bioligist or something like that from missouri and knows a lot about pond programs and stuff...hope he'll see this and put his 2 cents worth in. hope this helps. keep us posted on what you find out...i'm always looking for property, an investment that is usually solid, and that you can actually see and touch!! mark