I'm still waiting for the pond to reach the spillway for the first time. It went over the dam (from empty and dry) during Harvey, but the top of the dam and spillway weren't there yet. This August was brutal, seemed to lose 6" a week.
There have been some big rain events in the past month that flooded nearby Huntsville and Lufkin but we didn't get much.
Pond gained at least a foot or so in this weekend's rain event.
Most of my watershed is foot deep humus in a forest. Much of this is composted limbs from logger delimbing. Walking through there is like walking on thick sponges. Although it has great elevation changes I only get runoff if my phone is screaming about flash floods. Around the pond and house I have lawn and it is productive.
I still need 2 to 3 feet and I'm optimistic that that'll happen this winter.
Lurking I'm impressed with the variability of experience within Glorious East Texas.
Still no idea at all as what is "normal" around here.
Last edited by Vortex 4; 12/09/18 10:11 AM.
