I remember four years ago when I began building my pond. It was a soggy, high water table area, that held water and was unusable. After excavation, the surrounding area dried out, and has become a beautiful yard.

The pond has an overflow pipe and overflows slightly downhill about 100 yards to the back of my property to another soggy, high water table area that is about 2 acres and is currently unusable. Only about two months out of the year can you walk around or operate a tractor back there without sinking. I've done some clearing, and there is a small wet season creek that borders the back of my property.

I'd like to do the same thing I did before. Excavate a small pond in the lowest part of the 2 acres and use the spoil to build up the area around it. I know it will fill with water, probably even faster than my first pond did since it's a few feet lower topographically.

I wonder though if I could get by without doing a dam or overflow, and just letting the pond regulate itself with the surrounding water table and wet season creek.

It seems like a simple plan, but I wonder if I'm missing something.

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