Sorry to hear about the washout. Stop by the counties NRCS office and see if you can get them to come out and give their advice. At the very least, they can take a look, look at the watershed and the vegetation, and recommend the proper sized spillway for the pond, and how it should be constructed.

A correctly designed spillway takes into account the historic annual, 50 and 100 year rain events, the surrounding vegetation, soil type and watershed to determine how much water will run into and consequently out of your pond in a high rainfall event.

You are paying for their services now thru your tax dollars so why not use it? wink

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