Our last significant rainfall for the D/FW area, about 2.5 inches, was 10/1/10. Since that date, we are about 8 inches behind. You don't catch up on that much shortage. We've gotten a couple of 1/4 inch rains since then but that's all. Our rainfall thus far for March is .01 inch. We generally average about 2 3/4 inches for March.
The maps that I've seen for most of Texas was either severe drought or extreme drought. Areas East or Southeast of D/FW are in a little better shape. Actually, some East Texas areas are almost normal. We are in a La Nina pattern without previously getting the rainy El Nino. We did get a winter storm that brought about a foot of snow, freezing rain and ice. That helped the ground somewhat.
I need to seine my forage pond. It's down to about 2 ft of water. My larger ponds, each about an acre, are down about 5 ft. I have a small 5 ft deep stock tank with a spring in the bottom. It's been dry for awhile. That tells me the water table is down over 5 ft.
When I seined the forage pond last year, my Grandson and one of his buddies helped me. We got an awfully large, narrow minded, brown water snake in the seine. I'm going to have to promise my daughter that I won't seine up any more snakes.
Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 03/29/11 11:26 AM.
