For once, I made a non-dumb move at my place. Pumped extra water into the forage pond when water was abundant in the spring & overflowing the standpipe. If need be, I can replenish the main pond a little, maybe 500 - 600k gallons. Or raise fish in the forage pond with less danger of it getting too shallow & hot.

If what I'm hearing about the Hunga Tomba volcano is right, we might be seeing unusually warm winters & hot summers for a few years.