Richland Soil & Water Conservation District
Richland SWCD Pond Related Services
Site Investigations
o An appointment may be made with a technician to visit your site, where they will discuss the particulars of your site that will determine if the site is physically or monetarily feasible to build a pond. These particulars include:
Site Topography – How the lay-of-the-land lends itself to the placement and type of pond being considered.
Watershed – Whether the pond site will have enough watershed acres to supply the pond with enough or too much water.
Soil Types – By looking up the soil types of the site in the Richland County Soil Survey, the technician will be able to determine if the soils mapped for the site have the characteristics needed to hold water and/or dam construction.
• Soil Test Hole Investigations
o If the site has been determined to be suitable to build a pond and the landowner wants to go to the next step, the district will schedule our Soil Scientist to personally look at the soils and give his professional opinion on the soil suitability for pond construction.
The district needs time to schedule the Soil Scientist, once we determine that he is requested, we will contact him and get a few dates that are available.
The landowner is responsible for supplying a backhoe that is capable of digging at least 2 feet below the deepest planned excavation. (Ex. If a pond is going to be 8 feet deep with a dam of 3 feet, then the pond area will have to be excavated 5 feet deep, the backhoe will then have to be able to dig a hole 7 feet deep to be 2 feet below the deepest excavation)
The holes must be dug while the district staff is present. It is important that the soil from the pit is seen as it comes out of the ground.
The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District does not offer design services for ponds at this time.
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