I am currently looking at a piece of land in NE Georgia that has a 25 acre lake/pond on it. It was apparently built about 2 years ago by putting a dam along the creek that runs through the property. As far as I know, no digging or other modification to the landscape was done.

When I asked the realtor about a permit for the pond, I was told that the Corp of Eng only has to be involved if the dam is higher than 25ft and that this dam is only about 15ft.

This all sounds a little shakey to me. I don't want to by a piece of land and then have the Corp of Eng come after me. Yet, I'm not ready to call the Corp and ask them about this pond because I'm not really interested in stirring things up at this point.

Does anyone have a good feel for what the general rules are as far as the Corp of Eng is concerned?

Thanks for your help,
cindy