The location of my pond is on a heavily wooded 17 acre tract. The main body of the property is a 14 acre semi-square shaped valley, equally divided by a dry gully. The gully originates on the south border as a result of being the low point drain for the 50 acre meadow next door. The gully immediately becomes deeper and wider as it traverses the property on a down hill slope. This gully crosses a pipeline r.o.w. at about the halfway point and ultimately exits the north side of the property after achieving a depth of about 30 ft. and a width of 100 ft.
During my initial inspection of the gully it appeared to have red clay sides and bottom. I assumed I could simply dam up the gully and create an attractive, natural looking, low cost pond. I even pondered over the idea of simply forming and pouring a concrete dam across a narrow section of the gully (sort of a mini Hoover Dam)
