Building Lake Corona

[ovrszd]

Yeah, Drones are a great tool. I've flown over crop fields shooting video for farmers to see the variations in their crops and/or chemical success.

I've flown over several homesteads taking pics and videos for people.

New construction is a perfect example. Pics can be used to locate buried utilities years later.

I took dozens of pics of my house and shop build. Took accurate measurements on the ground. Printed off drone pics and wrote in those measurements and filed them for future reference.

I enjoy flying. And it's a great tool.

 

[bindian]

Awesome videos. I definitely can see that drones can be a great toy, uh tool.
hugs, Brandi

 

[kevin37b]

Love the old dog , His face said get out of here ! Nice project , Kevin .

 

[jk96]

Love the old dog , His face said get out of here ! Nice project , Kevin .

lol. Yeah he's been around long enough to not care about much anymore. He's doing surprisingly well for a Mastiff at his age and weight. 9-1/2 years old and 210 lbs. Here's a couple of other pics. One next to my son and another when we had to squeeze him into my Saturn to go to the vet. It was too cold for the back of the truck that day.

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The heavier rain missed us again. I think we had a 1/2" if we were lucky over a 12 hour period so not enough for much runoff. Just a trickle yesterday evening when I walked back but did run into a group of 8 deer walking back out when I hit the field edge. I'll make it back there later today to look but not expecting much if any water. Working from the home office today and watching the small amount of snow on the ground melt.


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[jk96]

Looks like we did get a small amount of runoff. Wasn't expecting any. I went ahead and flagged the waterline even though its a very small pool of water at the moment.

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[ovrszd]

The fact that you got that is good. Means you are building in the right spot!!!!

So looking at that last pic, how many higher will the top of the dam be??

This project is getting me pumped up to do something similar!!! :thumbsup:

 

[jk96]

So looking at that last pic, how many higher will the top of the dam be?

It's only at about 6 feet right now. I would love to take it to 15 feet at the waterline but that is going to involve moving a whole lot of dirt. I may have to look at renting a dozer for a week.

 

[ovrszd]

That would give you a LOT of reservoir.

The ability to withstand heavy runoff would be controlled by two things. Free board on the dam. An earthen spillway in addition to the pipe.

I don't think I'd build mine without an emergency earthen spillway. In today's weather patterns you never know.

 

[jk96]

That would give you a LOT of reservoir.

The ability to withstand heavy runoff would be controlled by two things. Free board on the dam. An earthen spillway in addition to the pipe.

I don't think I'd build mine without an emergency earthen spillway. In today's weather patterns you never know.

Would definitely need a spillway. I have a feeling there is a large amount of water that flows through here in a heavy rain.

 

[dragoneggs]

Would definitely need a spillway. I have a feeling there is a large amount of water that flows through here in a heavy rain.

I think it will be interesting to follow this project through a year or so of seasons and see your management/maintenance activities.