I was looking for any ideas, directions, recommendations or sympathy lol regarding silt washing into a 2 acre pond from a large rain. Location: I am in Northeast Georgia and we get 4-5 inch rain events about 2 or 3 times a year. The creek in question is a spring but drains about 25 acres of mature timber. This creek drainage is not flat as the terrain is somewhat hilly and accumulates a lot of rain despite there being a riparian buffer. During these big rain events the creek turns into a massive river.
The soil for the last 200 feet or so is fairly boggy. There is a pinch point between 2 tree. Beyond this pinch point the creek just seems to dump silt as the land flattens out and it is getting hard to define the ponds edge. I tried using t-posts and cedar logs to make a V funnel but the water just demolished it.
I am considering a steel culvert at the pinch point and use concrete blocks, poured mason for weight and secure them with T post. I am not sure what this accomplishes. There isn't a lot of "room" as the creek approaches the pond because of edges become steeper.
Any ideas for what I could do besides restoration by removing silt from the mouth to just reset the clock?
