Building a pond in a flood zone - 01/16/22 02:15 AM
My farm is in a river bottom flood plain. According to the records my potential lake site would only would have flooded 4 times since 1971.
1)My concern would be pressure on both sides of the dam?
2)When water gets high the discharge wouldn’t work so I’d need to have a rip rap or concrete spillway
3)Other fish coming in through the creek that feeds the lake and then flood waters.
4)My fishing leaving in a potential flood
I’ve had two lake builders tell me it’s doable but have not go prices yet.
One lake builder was worried about the river.
1 option is 12 acres
2 options is 18 acres
Below is my thoughts. The small blue area is 1 acre pond I built a few years back.
Thank you for reading
1)My concern would be pressure on both sides of the dam?
2)When water gets high the discharge wouldn’t work so I’d need to have a rip rap or concrete spillway
3)Other fish coming in through the creek that feeds the lake and then flood waters.
4)My fishing leaving in a potential flood
I’ve had two lake builders tell me it’s doable but have not go prices yet.
One lake builder was worried about the river.
1 option is 12 acres
2 options is 18 acres
Below is my thoughts. The small blue area is 1 acre pond I built a few years back.
Thank you for reading