Building Lake Corona

[Alien]

Yes he is a sizeable brute for sure

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Figured, but just saw the shutoff at the other end.

I bought pipe and check valves to put a ram pump in my creek to pump water out. never did get it built.

 

[jk96]

Time for an update. I was able to get the pond drained and mucked out. Finally got a good full day of moving dirt in today. Made some really good progress. Unfortunately they are calling for 2-3" of rain tonight into tomorrow. Here's a few pics of where things stand at the moment. Dam is probably 7-8 feet right now. I have another 7-8 feet to go.

View from hillside I'm pulling dirt from toward the dam.

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Backside of dam looking back to hillside

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Side view

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Most likely another week or more before I'm moving dirt again if we get the rain they are calling for. On a positive note the dirt I'm scraping from the hillside couldn't be better for building the dam. Really high clay content. Here's what it looks like after a pass with the bucket.

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[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice progress!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Does it get cold enough, for long enough, up there to freeze a pond like this for ice skating?

 

[Buppies]

Very nice work

 

[dragoneggs]

Yuck, I hate clay! Is that the material all over on the bottom of your pond? I suppose that is good for holding water though. We only get streaks of mucky clay. Mostly around here it is glacial till. Lots of small round rocks in silty/sandy soil under the rich acidic topsoil composted over years of evergreen forest growth. Drains extremely well.

 

[lilranch2001]

One thing you DONT want as pond material is something that drains well!

 

[ovrszd]

One thing you DONT want as pond material is something that drains well!

Yep.

 

[two_bit_score]

Making good progress jk96!