How a Farm Pond Spillway works

How my farm pond is filled from the creed and overflow is returned to the creek. Includes emergency spillway design details

[richardpeterson]

Very helpful! I’m dealing with a leaky outflow around a trash grate and a berm with no spillway, and seeing yours in action really helped me visualize my solution. Thanks!

[Rick-the-Swift]

Wow, this seems to be one of those rare properties where you have a large tract of land that sits below a creek. In all my years of exploring creeks, I can't say I've ever seen such a situation. Around these parts, pretty much the only thing lower than the creek is more creek further down the creek. Thanks for the video- looks like a super cool place to be!

[dr.g]

This was really educational. Thanks so much.

[bobsmith]

Wonder if bass wouldn't be a better choice for stocking. Hardier than trout. You'd need crawdads, maybe, minnows, and some panfish as well, so it might be a big undertaking.

I might guess that the pond leaks all the time, but when it rains enough it's not so noticeable? I can't figure why it would only leak during a drought. Water table, maybe.

Wife says that her papa had lots of ducks and that they helped seal the pond. I assume because of droppings collecting at the bottom.

[williamwhite]

Very good video and pond !
God Bless !!!

[DimRagga]

Why does grass in the spillway prevent it from working? In an emergency won't the overflow just flow right through the grass so long as the ground is lower than the dam wall?

[MrFitbikeco]

I basically have the same set up. Except I don’t have a creek, I have an underground natural spring that flows 27/4. I want to put a drain pipe surrounded by crushed stone on the inlet and have it drain into the bottom of a man made pond. I’m just curious if the water pressure at the bottom of the pond would cause the water do push back up the pipe and stop the flow? If you catch what I’m saying

[tonikersey]

The pond is very beautiful. I enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for sharing. How deep is the pond? Do you have any pics of the pond in the summer when it's very low? Just curious.

[pattichulick]

We get heavy rains where we live. Would placing a dry creek going downhill, keep a small frog pond from overflowing? I am concerned it could overflow with some of the rains we get.

[Noahthegoalie]

If you still want fish in the pond I recommend stocking a fish that won’t die as easily like northern pike if you have them near you

[jimmyallen]

Is the “concrete square” just a heavy piece of material used to hold your 6” pipe under water and in place or is it more complex?

[Whitpusmc]

How do you prevent the creek pipe entrance from being clogged?

[curtisjohnson]

Why don’t you just put a pvc cap on the inlet in creek during high water times. Take it off during normal flows