Good question. Where the current pond is, the top 3 feet or so is black "dirt." I say "dirt" but it doesn't act like the black dirt I was used to growing up in central Indiana. This stuff sets up like concrete. The next 7 or 8 feet is pretty much gravel, river rock and sand. Water table is very high here, I don't know whether you could ever keep a pond sealed dug below grade as the water will be pushing in from the water table. The pond I have now is 8 feet max and filled in 24 hours from the water table.

I am not a soils expert and I am not a pond building expert. Biggest problem I have is finding someone in my area that is a true pond builder to do the project. All I have been able to find are dirt movers. The list of builders the DNR gave me led nowhere fast with disconnected numbers or no call backs.

I need a pond guy!! Too bad there is not one of those on the online auction!

Last edited by Bill D.; 02/26/15 08:38 AM.
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