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THanks JHAP. I went by the "pond" today. Its tucked pretty well in some woods. The water is pretty shallow near the shore. It starts out at about 6 inches then drops to about 3-4'. I didn't have my float tube with me so I couldn't get out any further from shore other than throwing rocks and listening to hear how it sounded. Majority of the pond is covered with a bush looking plant. I am not sure of the name but will take a camera out with me tomorrow and try to get it ID'd. Towards the middle of the pond it opens up a little bit so I assume that is the deeper waters. Looking from the shoreline there is a lot of leaves and decomposing matter on the pond floor. I wonder if I could increase the depth by raking it, but that is later on down the road. I also checked the well logs and tehre is a lot of clay deposits in this area so that is another plus for if I ever want to expand or renovate, the latter of which is a must.

I'm pretty excited but will take the pics and let the experts weigh in. Also I had a quick concern. The last two days we have had really heavy rains off and on. While driving up to the property I noticed that there was water streaming out of the woods onto the road. I am not sure if this is a man made feature (spillway) or if its just how the pond goes when it gets over filled. I am not quite sure if I should be worried about that or not especially since the shoreline that I explored is quite shallow in water depth.