Rain still going around the farm and not hitting it direct Maybe enough rain will hit the river so the creek can go back to filling me up that way? Wishful thinking...
If your ponds are fed from the creek, then any significant rains in the watershed of the creek/river should send some water to your ponds.
There are some sites where it is easy to pull up the topographic map for your farm. You can look at the slopes and see where the watershed is for the creek upstream of your property.
Then you can watch for rains to go directly over your property AND for rains to go over the watershed of your creek.
I like this site for monitoring the rainfall at our property:
Maybe enough rain will hit the river so the creek can go back to filling me up that way? Wishful thinking...
