Welcome High Plains,
I found my property nearly 2 years ago with an existing 10 acre lake in Van Zandt County, just West of Tyler, Texas. While much of Texas is experiencing a drought, I am still fighting with the beavers to keep my overflow cleared out in order to keep the lake level down to its designed level. There are many springs in this area, which may be as big, if not a bigger factor, than the watershed for surface run-off to supply our ponds and lakes.
The soil in my area is a sandy loam with a heavy clay base about a foot or two down.
As I found an existing pond, I did not have to throughly research the cost of building a pond, but I would guess that cost in our area would be as low as anywhere since we have a plentiful supply of clay and few rocks.
There's still room in East Texas for another Ponder.
