I have been doing a lot of research with web soil survey over the last few days. There is so much information on that site. I have used it before but didn't see all of the menus that you can look under.
Here are some things that I found out.
The soil is considered type B and D. Here is the description from the web soil survey.
B—These soils have a moderate infiltration rate when
thoroughly wet. They are chiefly moderately deep,
well-drained soils of moderately fine to moderately
coarse texture.
D—These soils have a very slow infiltration rate. They
are chiefly clay soils that have a high swelling potential,
soils with a permanent high water table, soils with
a claypan at or near the surface, and shallow soils over
nearly impervious material. The runoff potential is high.
The pond site is all in soil type D. This makes sense because of the small wetland areas that were made when the property was clear cut back in 2004. Most of the ponds in the area have three acres of watershed per acre of pond. My watershed is all wooded so 1-2 more acres will be needed at least. After doing so more revisions I decided the watershed is about 40 acres, so I can possibly have a 7 acre pond.
The pH ranges from 4.5-6.5 at the surface. There was no lime content, so with the low pH and it would be a good idea to spread aglime. Clay content averages 40% down to a depth of 6 feet.
Everything that I have found so far has been good news, so I am excited about the possibilities.
