Building Lake Corona

[civilian]

Glad for the update on the pond.

"Things for Jeremy to have fun with": Fireworks, wedding venue and now sitting by his pond watching the deer. Enjoy it Jeremy. Jon

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the update. I've found the same to be true with woods holding water, and pasture allowing it to run off. Seems that the longer I have my land, the more trees I remove.

 

[jk96]

Todays project is getting a culvert in across the ditch on the south end of the pond so I can drive equipment across without heading up the hill and around.

https://flic.kr/p/2qmFpDK

https://flic.kr/p/2qmFpDE

 

[HawkinsHollow]

How deep is it there in that picture? How much more are you wanting it to fill up? Can we have a picture towards the damn?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

How deep is it there in that picture? How much more are you wanting it to fill up? Can we have a picture towards the damn?

the word is dam, lol unless you meant to cuss him...lol

 

[HawkinsHollow]

the word is dam, lol unless you meant to cuss him...lol

HAHAHAHA! Dam autocorrect!! I guess I cuss too much!

 

[jk96]

How deep is it there in that picture? How much more are you wanting it to fill up? Can we have a picture towards the damn?

Right now it's as low as its been in a long time. Probably 2 to 3ft other than the deeper section by the dam. It needs about 6 or 7 feet. We haven't had any significant rain for a long time. The dirt back here is just powder at the moment. Couple of pics looking at the dam.

https://flic.kr/p/2qmAEY9

https://flic.kr/p/2qmGLvX

 

[jk96]

Got the crossing in. Should have done this a long time ago.

https://flic.kr/p/2qmHr3H

https://flic.kr/p/2qmGM3i

 

[bindian]

The crossing is definitely a win win.
At the level the water is, how long does it stay that way? I slept since you built it, but is the soil red clay in the basin or a yellow/sandy clay?
Does it seem to be holding the water it gets?

 

[jk96]

The crossing is definitely a win win.
At the level the water is, how long does it stay that way? I slept since you built it, but is the soil red clay in the basin or a yellow/sandy clay?
Does it seem to be holding the water it gets?

It has good clay no sand and seems to hold ok, I just dont get enough runoff to overcome the loss between rains. Even in a good 2"+ rain I'm lucky to gain a foot. Since beginning of July it's down about 2 feet. The last 3 months July 9 to Oct 9 we have only recieved 7.5" of rain. We had 1 rain event of 2.6", 1 of 1.3" and 2 of 1/2". All others have been less than 1/2". I'm hoping the work I'm doing now will increase the water runoff quite a bit.