We received just over a half inch rain Friday, then a total of about 1.6 inches last night and early this morning. Pond #1 bottomed out about 37-3/4 inches below full pool and is now up 11-1/2 inches and still rising. I hope it keeps raining like a normal winter, and our drought is broken. I think we will be about 14 or 15 inches below normal for 2016. The brand new pond has a puddle in the middle about 30 x 40 feet and about 2.5 feet deep.

This rain was the first in five months that had visible run-off.

Edit: I was able to pump a little from the intermittent creek and bring pond #1 up to less than 13 inches below the overflow. That's an increase of a little over 25 vertical inches since last week. The surface area is much greater.

Last edited by John F; 12/27/16 07:28 PM.