I had drained out as much of the water as possible to dig, combined with insignificant rain over the past 3 weeks and the micro pond is dry. It only had water in a few spots once dug, so I am not surprised it's dry. This gives me an opportunity to do some more digging and shaping. Unfortunately next 10 days there is no heavy rains unless we get some thunderstorms.
The soil is tough to dig in. It's all clay hardpan and is rock hard. It leaves a nice smooth bottom but I would like to get it a little deeper in some spots. Pictures tomorrow.