Sounds good and thanks

1- I am in Michigan

2- my lot is mostly sand, but I get the feeling most was trucked in to build up my lot as I have a house that sits up very high on a hill.

3- the "runnoff area" that I am looking at making a pond, sits about 40 feet lower than my yard, and I get the feeling it is heavy clay on the bottom for the most part. I only say this because the few times I have waded in it, I come out with black/dark grey muck. Also- no matter how little rain we get- this retention area will always stay 'filled" with water. It will be between 4-5" deep at most times- with maybe feet after a high snow thaw/runnoff to fill it up. I am not sure how I would find out for 100% what is in the base of the pond area, but my observations is that it is not spring fed, and that it does not drain quickly, if at all.

4- Water table- I am not sure how to figure this----really no idea. Any ideas on how to start?

5- I guess a hypothetical assuming that I can indeed figure this out and feed a well into this pond.....any idea on what size well pump I would need? What I am really trying to decide is what guage wire to bury tomorrow. I guess I could assuming bigger rather than smaller and go with 10 gauge wire as opposed to 12. Any ideas on well pump size in HP?

Any ideas on how I can provide the other items you requested as I "dig" a little more into this project?

Thanks for the quick response