I am begining construction on a new pond, and would love your input through this.
I have been reading this site for sometime and over the last year following Brettski's adventure. I have bought and read "The Perfect Pond" as well as "Raising Trophy Bass".
We have cleared the trees, and dug our test hole. Everything looked really well. No limestone, 2 feet of topsoil, then clay.
I have talked with the local NSRA (little help) and have a guy building it that has built several before. We plan to strip the topsoil, then dam the valley.
I have included a satellite image along with the topo and proposed pond. At the northeast edge of the proposed pond is an existing "little" pond that is about 2 feet deep. It did not go dry this summer, so i'm assuming it must be fed by a spring.
house,topo, proposed pond
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/cgaines7/houseandtopo2.jpghouse and pond
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/cgaines7/houseandpond.jpgtopo and pond
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/cgaines7/pondandtopo2.jpgthanks chris
