Building Lake Corona

EddieWalker · Aug 30, 2020

jk96 said:
Looks like my guess of 3 to 4 feet may be pretty close. I think this has been filled and drained 6 or 7 times since my last muck out. This much drainage on loose soil made for a lot of silt in.

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Is all of this dirt coming from the loose soil from digging out the trees? This seems excessive and pretty much a deal breaker on having a pond if it keeps happening.

jk96 · Aug 30, 2020

Lots of loose and exposed soil just from clearing. Factor that with about 7 or 8 rains in between draining the pond completely and it's not unexpected. With the pond being drained each time between rains the entire pond pasin is subject to erosion with every rain. Will not be the case once it fills with water.

ovrszd · Aug 30, 2020

Yep. Any silt that goes into the pond after it's full will gather at the upper end.

In my opinion, this has turned into a good thing.

I thought maybe you got some rain yesterday or day before?

We are brutally dry up here.

jk96 · Aug 30, 2020

ovrszd said:
Yep. Any silt that goes into the pond after it's full will gather at the upper end.

In my opinion, this has turned into a good thing.

I thought maybe you got some rain yesterday or day before?

We are brutally dry up here.

I agree.The slower than planned process will help in the long run getting rid of a lot of silt now and with compaction. The rain missed us. Getting really dry here as well. Grass is turning brown.

two_bit_score · Aug 30, 2020

Looking good, thanks for the very good and informative way you have presented the development of this project.

Kyle_in_Tex · Aug 30, 2020

Where are you putting the silt?

Hybrid Bermuda (if it will grow that far north) is excellent for erosion control around ponds/dams.

jk96 · Aug 31, 2020

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Where are you putting the silt?

Hybrid Bermuda (if it will grow that far north) is excellent for erosion control around ponds/dams.

Taking it all to the backside of the dam. Will look into the bermuda. Heavy rains this morning. Was really hoping to be working on the pond right now but we really needed the rain.

ovrszd · Aug 31, 2020

jk96 said:
Taking it all to the backside of the dam. Will look into the bermuda. Heavy rains this morning. Was really hoping to be working on the pond right now but we really needed the rain.

Climate.com says we got .1" We needed it badly also.