Hi Lloyd--I built one on my property about 4 years ago and will do another small one this Spring.
I went to the NRCS, they drew up an engineered "grade stabilization" plan. This pond drains 23 "Highly Erodable" Acres, is 11 feet deep at the center and covers almost 1 acre when full. This was cost shared about 75/25 and I feel it was worth it. My only responsibility is to "maintain" the waterway leading into the pond for 10 years which is what a prudent person would want to do anyway.
Other than my 8N that I used to disc in seed and mulch, and mow the grass, this is the equipment we used to build the pond. The scraper/compactor was nice to have.
Here is the pond before finish grading.
Ready for mulching and a light rain....
Last year after a heavy rainfall.
We dug down until we reached clay and moved and compacted the clay on the bottom....it took about 3 years before this pond would hold water all year round...it held about 8 feet in it all year and now attracts geese and wood ducks to it.
Make sure you put an overflow pipe system in it, with a "spillway" to handle really heavy rains or you will be rebuilding it someday---don't ask how I know this....
Good Luck---you will enjoy the end result for many years.
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