These are all great questions from everyone. We are located at the foothills of the Appalachians. Our home is on 10 acres. The log home is at the top of the property and then sweeps down to the bottom. The house is about 60' higher from the lake.

We plan to dam hillside to hillside. The stream is the property line. Both neighbors on the other side have agreed to sell the bottom part of their property.

No one can see us from the road and we will only be using this pond for agricultural purposes from here on out.

We can defintely go for less depth but I want to limit sun getting to the bottom.