Okay, had some questions about a property I'm looking at. Was wondering how conducive this property might be to building a pond. This property is 12 acres...not as big as we were wanting. But, it has a new home, nice pool, a pool house (to accommodate the in-laws), it's about 30 minutes from my work, and it's 1.5 miles away from a very large lake and recreational area. So, it's got a lot more good than bad going for it.
Here is a satellite view of the property. The house is at the end of the driveway shaped like a fish hook. You can see a small area of water to the right of the home, where they were perhaps intending a pond to be??
This next image show's a bird's eye perspective of the property. It shows the back of the home, the swimming pool and the pool house.
This next picture shows the house from a different perspective. The red arrow points to the house. You can see the existing puddle (pond?) to the left of the home. You can also see there is a decent size stream to the left of where the pond would go, which would create a good outflow area below the dam. I would be trying to build an approximate 3 acre pond.
Here is the same photo with approximate placement of the pond.
Here is what I believe to be the approximate property line around the property, with approximate placement of the pond indicated. The little red box indicates location of the pool house, and the little blue area to the left of the pond indicates location of the pool.
Finally, here is a topo map of the property, with same markings for placement of pond, pool house and pool.
So I'm wondering...does this property look like it might support an approx 3 acre pond? If there is not enough natural run-off, what are my options...could I dig a well and keep the pond full that way?
Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated!!!
