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SB,

You know I'm not a pond pro but....

Unless you can divert the creek to fill the pond/lake...

Doing the math my screwed up way...53 inches of rain per year will raise the pond 53 inches. 1 inch evaporation per week will lower the pond 52 inches per year (assumes 0 leakage from the pond). The 23 acres of watershed around the pond will contribute only when the soil is saturated and you have runoff, so let's say a 3 inch rain gives you 2 inches of runoff from the 23 acres. The pond/lake will rise 1 inch from the runoff. IMHO If things go perfect, to fill a 7 foot deep 40 acre (or however you chop it up into smaller ponds) will take a very very long time, if ever.