Well, it looks like I still have a leak. This pond was built years ago by damming up an existing creek. That creek has been dry for about 6 years. My water is leaking and it first appears about 50' below the dam (as a small puddle) and follows the old creek bed down to my year-round stream. In places it goes underground and resurfaces further down the creek bed until it puddles up at the bottom (1st picture). The dam is about 200' up hill (30-45 degrees) until it get to the base then its about 60 degrees up to top. This picture is taken from about 175' below the dam.
This picture is what I can see that I'm losing from the leak (about 450 gal/day).
Rough calculation (2oz every 3 sec). I don't know how much else is being lost that I don't see.
When the water first appears, it's a tiny trickle (maybe 1 oz/min), but the ground is soft and I can poke a stick in the ground an hit water above this puddle (back closer to the dam). If you've read this entire thread or if you've experienced this situation, you know my frustration. Don't know exactly what I'm going to do other than let the pond continue to leak until it stops, and try to find the leak, and try to fix it again.
