Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Fixing a Dam

In February 2020, I purchased some land with a 0.2 acre pond and shortly after that, the dam started to fail.

There was a smaller pond at one time and then someone who didn't know what they were doing extended the dam to make a bigger pond. This is where the dam is failing.

I have the pond drained now, and I plan to rent a large track loader to start reworking it.

I have no experience with building/repairing dams and am looking for some advice.

My plan is to start digging out the inner portion of the dam and repacking/tracking the dirt in. Then reworking the outer portion of the dam. I'm hoping I don't have to remove the whole thing and start over.

As part of this repair, I'm planning to double the width of the top of the dam.

Here are some pictures of the dam failing and the manually drained pond.