Originally posted by bobad:
That much water is hard to handle. Maybe you could split off part of the creek to fill your pond, and let the rest flow as usual.
You will have to be conscious of trash fish. Even a seasonal creek can be a source of carp, bullheads, and sunfish of questionable parentage. 1 approach is a gravel filter bed to filter out unwanted fish.
If your land is fairly flat, there should be no problem with flooding your neighbors. If it's steep, you will have to build a dam with great care and planning to prevent it from washing out.
I think I made it sound like it is more than it really is. 80 % of the time the creek is dry but when we get wet periods, such as right now, it flows pretty good. But you are correct that when we get heavy rains it does come a flood rather quickly and that could be a problem w/a dam.
