Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam My first time building a pond

Have you read this publication?

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_030362.pdf

Unless you have clay that you can make pottery from, you will most likely not be able to correctly compact the core trench, dam and pond basin properly with only the dozer.

Pay attention to the section on primary and secondary spillways. You need to calculate your watershed to correctly size them.

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If you don't know what a 3:1 slope is, do LOTS of reading first, and buy a transit to check the slope.