I probably don't have as much watershed as the pond needs. My place was built in the '70s, and the pond may have been built at the same time or shortly thereafter. There is another pond about 150 yd above me that is probably much newer and in the main drainage that feeds my pond. So my pond will probably never get much runoff until that pond spills, but it may take all winter for me to find out. Judging from the vegetation around my pond, it filled last winter, or at least not many years ago. I'll be interested in seeing how fast the pond drops when the rain stops.

I live about 30 mi almost straight north of Springfield. I don't own the land where diversion would be effective. Just about all my land drains into the pond now.