Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Ohio pond levels down?

New pond filled in the spring and has been slowly dropping since our last semi decent rain in mid may.

Pond is groundwater filled, just under half acre, great clay and in central Ohio.

Anyone else seeing pond levels drop in the area?

Going to see where it stabilizes after a year, just hoping it’s settling and isn’t a leak…..getting the bank account ready for soilfloc if necessary.

You say your pond is groundwater filled which means it has filled from subsurface water. If that is the case, it may fluctuate greatly depending on the ground water level. My pond gets it's water from rain and the run off from the a small watershed. It is in solid clay and the water evaporates about 1/4 inch per day....more on hot windy days. There also has to be some seepage even through good Ohio clay.