Ok, dam is built and compacted. I ran the compactor over it a second time this morning and added a few root balls and some rocks. Pond is 300' long, about 200' wide at widest point and 15' deep. Had to truck in 15 loads of dirt and take another 15 loads from the front of the property. Im hopeful that this project isn't one big mistake. Any suggestions on structure or anything else during this waiting phase is much appreciated.

My two concerns are:

1. I don't have enough watershed to fill it and will have to pump water up from the stream on the front side, or drill a well.

2. It will not hold water due to the sand seam.

The last photo is taken at the front of the lot and is where we removed dirt for the dam. Its where I could (if necessary)pump water from, about 50' lower in elevation.

All I need now is about 6 million gallons of water.








Last edited by ToddM; 09/21/14 03:06 PM.