Well, we had snow, then ice, then about 1.5 inches of rain and the pond filled up! Now if I could only find the rest of the pond?!? I basically only found 2 of my 3 acres!
The right side of the dam in this picture is higher than the one on left. The emergency spillway is on the left, but the pipe is too low.
Another view of the dam and exposed shoreline.
I put 8 bags of concrete and some stone around the pipe to hold it in place for now. I hope to raise the dam some later on and put in an elbow there. Anyones advice on raising the water level would be greatly appreciated! I plan to let the dam settle a few months before taking any action. The dam has a 4:1 backside and there seems to be plenty of material around the edges to build it up some. I would like to raise it another 3-4 feet to take advantage of the flat fingers I have on the edges in my original design.
I have a call into the guy who did my dozing work, I hope he works with me on this.
