Building Lake Corona

[jk96]

Looks like I dodged a bullet. The water cut a path across the top of the dam about 13-15 feet wide but only about 1 foot deep. Doesn't look like compaction is going to be an issue. Surprisingly the dirt on the wash side is rock solid. You could walk on it in your tennis shoes.

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[lilranch2001]

That loader must compact better than I would have guessed!

 

[ovrszd]

Looks like around 5" of rain in just a few hours.

Heavy rain causes flooding, high water rescues across Southside St. Joseph

Oh wow!!!! I doubt we got a half inch. No runoff. My gravel road doesn't pick up on my tires.

 

[ovrszd]

Good on the amount of damage!!! On a project that size your advantage with the CTL is the number of trips required. So you are lifting the dam inch at a time. I was afraid you'd have a pic of the center of the dam gone!!!! Hope you dodge heavy rains the rest of the week!!!

 

[lilranch2001]

I wish we would get some of that rain, it keeps going just north of us, and south of us.

We got about 1" last week in a couple hours, didnt seem to put a dent in the brown grass!

 

[jk96]

Hope you dodge heavy rains the rest of the week!!!

Just finished putting the drain line back together and got the siphone started again. Going to take awhile this time. Closest neighbor had 5.5" in his guage.

 

[dragoneggs]

Whew... that was close! A really good sign for the future that the dam didn't blow. Having a spillway in hard ground if you can seems really smart to me for those hard rains. As the pond size increases you might get significantly more runoff into it so siphons/spillways will be both your friend and insurance.

 

[EddieWalker]

Friend of mine put heavy duty plastic in his ditch when water over flowed his dam. He kept it in place with sacks of sand, concrete and cinder blocks. It was ugly, but it stopped the erosion from getting worse until he could get the dozer back to finish building the dame and then create a spillway.

 

[dragoneggs]

Friend of mine put heavy duty plastic in his ditch when water over flowed his dam. He kept it in place with sacks of sand, concrete and cinder blocks. It was ugly, but it stopped the erosion from getting worse until he could get the dozer back to finish building the dame and then create a spillway.

Sounds like a smart temporary thing to do especially if weather could be threatening during the excavation/build!

 

[jk96]

Friend of mine put heavy duty plastic in his ditch when water over flowed his dam. He kept it in place with sacks of sand, concrete and cinder blocks. It was ugly, but it stopped the erosion from getting worse until he could get the dozer back to finish building the dame and then create a spillway.

Not a bad idea for the low spot on the dam. Pond has been draining all afternoon and only down about 2 feet or less at sunset. Looking like the chance of rain for tonight dropped from 90% to 60% so hoping it doesn't get topped a second time.