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that cloud is a SLC meterologist term " Scary Looking Cloud"

Just returned from Zephyr Pond. It's the lowest anyone had ever seen it. I predict if no significant rain ocurrs by the end of August it will be the end of Zephyr Pond as I know it. I will be joining the Desert Plant forum.

heybud- have you talked to anyone about a water well? I would give my left big toe and $10,000 for a good well. My neighbor dug one only 300 yards from me and got 1/2 GPM. That is not even worth drilling. They went down to 400' but only hit shell after 180'. I just wonder if I would hit a better well here. I don't think 3-400 yards would be that much different. I would sure check it out if I were you. It would be much better than watching the pond dry up.

Hey Guys, here's some Texas Major and Minor Aquifer info that might help you decide on drilling water wells.
I checked it out last summer and no chance of decent water well in Delta County.
Major aquifers on each side of county.

We opted for pond renovation and deepening shallow upper end for more water capacity.

My neighbor just above the pond drilled a well and it produces 2 gallons per minute. I believe he told me is was close to 200' deep. He has to have a storage tank just to be able to supply enough water for his house. I will probably have a well drilled but don't realistically think it will supply enough to fill the pond. It is pretty much hit and miss where we are. By the way how good of a well do you think it would take to keep a 2 acre pond filled or at least partially filled?

heybud- here is a website i found that has drillers logs of wells drilled. There are a good many around Zypher that produce 10-30 GPM.

http://134.125.70.235/drillers-new/index.asp

They have their links set up crazy so you will need to hit the "well report search" and choose county. (unless you know your grid numbers). Then you will need to skim through the reports that are closest to your property.

http://134.125.70.235/drillers-new/insertwellreportprint.asp?track=48997

http://134.125.70.235/drillers-new/insertwellreportprint.asp?track=47998
If I thought I could get 10GPM I would call them tomorrow. You would realistically need between 10 - 20 GPM but 30 would be great.

My well produces 1/2 GPM and I use a 2,500 gallon tank to assure that I have water. I feel lucky to have it. It was the 3rd hole drilled and, overall, the total cost was a little over $10K.

No way you can impress a pond with less than 10 GPM.

Our only hope for central and north Texas is a hurricane to come in around Victoria (sorry Victoria) and head north.

Here's the newest map:

thanks for the pic bruce, it reminded me of a question i asked in a post a couple months ago, in fact, may have been the top of this thread 6 pages ago.......how do does the USDA define a drought?

its hard not to notice CA in the clear (non-drought conditions) when in fact our last measurable rainfall was April 16 2006. Of course this happens just about every year, we expect it, it is the definition of a mediterranean climate. Now if it dont rain at all starting around November through April, we have us a major drought.

Did TX not get any rain last winter?

not that my questions help any of us pondmeisters suffering major losses to evaporation, just trying to clarify USDA classifications (if thats possible).

i just caught the feller's work location at the bottom of the pic............"nat'l drought mitigation center".......how on earth do you mitigate a drought?......i certainly feel better that there is a government agency on that one........

See that area in North Central Texas that says Exceptional drought? Yep, that's me. With the exception of 2004, we are in an 8 year drought.

Dave, my area got virtually no rain last fall, winter, spring or summer. I may have gotten 6 to 8 inches during that 12 months. Our weather forecasts are all about scattered showers, not rain.

I have now had about 4 inches during the last 4 or 5 weeks. That is huge around here. All of it has fallen very slowly; great for the ground but no runoff.

silly me, i posted on the previsous page (5) back in june....and thanks ML and others who answered my questions.....still chuckling at the drought mitigation center.......? what kind of job descriptions you imagine they have? do they just follow and map droughts, do they seed rain clouds, do they build new pipelines in from the CO river, drill water wells, or is it a $$ agency to supplement farmers with dry ponds, failed crops and dead livestock?? just curious how my tax money is spent on that one.

"Drought Mitigation Through Superior Bureaucracy"

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

Did you guys see this typhoon?

We're not getting a ton of rain, but we're sure getting a slow steady sprinkle.

Dang, that's a big Radar map, Bruce. The current view does not bode well for me staying dry while fishing tonight.

I watched that monster all day yesterday. It looks like a land-locked hurricane. I bet there was some wind on the plains as it approached!

all that that went by and we just got 2/10th of and inch, looked like it should have unloaded here in Kansas City area

bobad it will probably wait to unload until it encounters gulf moisture around Saturday and then all of us in La. , Miss. , and Ala. better hold on.

I got 1.40 out of it.

Normal rain for this time of year is 23 inches in Lincoln, NE. I've got 20.5 inches. I think it's 6 of the last 7 years I'm under normal precip. I hope I live long enough to see the end of the drought.

We got 1.15" last night at the pond.

call off the national drought mitigation center, we should get our first measurable precip tomorrow (first since 4/16/06). Although it will probably just tinkle a bit, at least evap rates are squelched for time being.

I'm in East Texas right now, and DANG it's dry here!

... no JD or even DMD.