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

Last edited by Heritage Farms; 01/16/22 09:34 AM.