Building Lake Corona

[Jim Nelson]

You obviously have a great work ethic and it really shows in what you have done in a relatively short time. Your project looks great to me.

 

[lilranch2001]

I was surprised how sensitive some trees are to root damage, nature seems to be able to throw its wrath at tree roots and they seem to accept the wrath, but they seem ( to me anyway) that they are much more sensitive to human damage.

 

[bindian]

I was surprised how sensitive some trees are to root damage, nature seems to be able to throw its wrath at tree roots and they seem to accept the wrath, but they seem ( to me anyway) that they are much more sensitive to human damage.

Trees can be fickle. I have driven over a few of my large tree's roots over the years, on numerous occasions with no damage. Two huge White Oaks are right on my driveway. Drive over one with it wet enough to leave ruts, and that tree is a gonner. Got two near the large pond needing to taken out now.
hugs, Brandi

 

[fried1765]

Trees can be fickle. I have driven over a few of my large tree's roots over the years, on numerous occasions with no damage. Two huge White Oaks are right on my driveway. Drive over one with it wet enough to leave ruts, and that tree is a gonner. Got two near the large pond needing to taken out now.
hugs, Brandi

Oaks are particularly susceptible to even very slight root damage.

 

[two_bit_score]

Oaks are particularly susceptible to even very slight root damage.

In the Texas Hill Country live oak trees must be very hardy. It's common for roots to grow out of the ground. It's also common for people to mow over the tops of those roots. The trees still continue to thrive for years.

 

[ovrszd]

We have 9 or 10 varieties of Oaks here in Missouri. I've got at least half of them in my timber. They seem to be very tough.

Not sure how the mature trees will respond to the water level. I killed two walnut trees by raising my pond level to within a foot elevation of the ground at the tree. Put them about 15ft from shoreline. Died in 3 years.

 

[jk96]

Have a nice walk path large enough for a UTV or tractor all the way around the pond now.

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Set a a couple of logs. Top one for walking. Bottom one for fish.

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Bunched up some of the root balls and added a few stones for fish habitat
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This pic give a good idea of how much dirt has been moved. Still not happy with the dam slop on the water side. I can back up it with the trackloader but it's still very steep. A little worried about erosion if I don't slope it out some more. Will have to pull more dirt from the hillside between the two ravines.

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[MF243RedTop]

Still looks very steep from that shot..
Incredible project!

 

[ovrszd]

It will only have erosion above waterline. Not sure where that's at?

If erosion occurs it will begin to narrow the top of the dam. How much of that can you stand?

Not sure by the pics how wide the top is now?

 

[ovrszd]

Also, it will take many yards of dirt to change the slope of the front face. And if you change it very much you'll start to crowd your pipe inlet.