Right now I'm thinking the pond will be around 5 surface acres. The property is fairly flat and at the bottom of a hill so water stands on a large part of the front half after a rain/during the wet season. My plan for the dirt from excavating the pond was to build up an area for our house/shop and generally just add some contour to the remaining front area while guiding the runoff towards the pond. As far as watershed goes, it's hard to tell just how much of the area above me drains directly into my property. I'll try posting a section of a topo map later and maybe that will help. There is a decent sized ditch that runs that direction on my property and I was thinking I might direct that flow into the pond as well, although some sort of settlement basin or a stretch of rip rap may be needed to prevent a lot of sediment depositing in the pond. I'll try and add a picture from after one of the last rains we had to show how much water stands there now.
