I'm debating a purchase of 65+/- acres. Located in northern alberta.
It's been a long time goal to have a 2+ acre pond suitable for fishing and swimming.
I'm trying to determine before purchasing that there is suitable location for a pond.
The ground in the area is pretty consistently clay so I'm not as concerned about sealing the pond as I am filling it.
There is a depression I would call it that runs through the land pretty gentle sloping into it. This depression is somewhat marshy and in walking it last night it is currently dry. With that in mind we have seen almost no rain this year and typically we see quite a bit. Runoff maps in norther alberta show the area as <25ac per mig of dugout.
I have also read that building in marshy areas can be problematic.
I have attached topography images well as some measurements of the area just to offer perspective on scaling the size.
Any opinions on whether a 2+acre pond here 30 feet at deepest would fill?
Filling is mostly about topography and rain dances. Why is it marshy? If from runoff, that’s ok. If a spring, that’s another mater. Springs both give and take water. Take means leak.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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