How much $$$ to build a 10 acre pond?

Question

Just wandering how much it'd cost to build a pond 10 acres and maybe another one 20 acres. Both 10ft deep or deeper in the middle

Answer 1

Building a pond that size will cost a good amount of money. Equipment time, operators and fuel. If the ground you are building the pond has good heavy clay, that will help in costs of not having to use a liner to hold the water in. A dozer and backhoe would be a couple of the equipment pieces needed but pushing material with a dozer over 100' will be a challenge as the material will fall off to the sides of the blade. So if you are pricing out this 10 acre pond see what they are using to move the material, hopefully they are using a scraper (pan) that is able to remove material and transport it to another location such as the dam/dike or low spot else where on the property. Or they would be using dump trucks to move material around the site, adding to fuel cost and operator.

Another part to look at is when building the pond and it rains. Provisions will be need to get the water out either by pumping or leaving a drain opening in the dam.



Permits may be another added cost. In my state you usually don't need a permit if under a 5 acre foot in size and dam height under 15 feet. Other permits may or may not include the NPDES, DEP or this large pond may got to the Army Corps.Check with your local government then the local conservation district to work your way up to what may be needed in permits.

Answer 2

Do you have a water source? Then good..a spring maybe? If not then you must get a water mill. They cost about $13,000 including drilling the well. Then renting a back hoe and small dozer could run about $300 an hour if they work as a team, average price. You can talk to conservation district in your area for grant or reduced price on pond kit, including various species of fish, frogs plant life and info on how to do. I heard dropping a tree in pond, a small one, creats instant home for fish, and helps ph balance. A pond that big must be cared for carefully or will become 'still' and toxic. Good luck, and what a great project!

Answer 3

That depends on what you bring to the party. If you have your own heavy equipment - a tractor at the very least - then you can do a lot on a relative shoestring. But you have to have realistic expectations, too. If your soil is very porous then it may drain regardless of your best efforts, especially if you don't have some higher elevations nearby to shed water into your new ponds.



Also note that once you have done all that work, you may not be allowed to do anything with it in the future. Various agencies may step in and declare your newly formed wetland protected by certain laws, and if you decide you don't like the ponds down the road, you would nonetheless be stuck with them.

Answer 4

Keep wandering. You own the property? And the water rights? And the land is zoned to be used as you describe? Ten acres is a really big "pond". Ten feet isn't very deep. It needs to be much deeper to stay cool and clean. It will need circulation or aeration to prevent algae growth. The more I think about this, the more I regret even taking the time to respond. If this is anything more than "wanderings" you need a good lawyer, an architect, a friend at the county seat, a really big construction company, and a couple of million dollars.

Answer 5

A trackhoe or a big dozer run around $250 an hour. Could be more in other areas. I built my dam and down about 6 feet myself. I hired a 65 foot trackhoe to go down to 15 feet. That cost me $6000 on a one acre pond. I figure I saved $10,000 on the part I did. So mine came to $16,000 an acre. I'm in an area where you can dig on your own property with no permits or other red tape. So add that in to the cost of other areas. This will give you an estimate.

Answer 6

I don't know about cost for moving all that dirt, but you will want some sort of water circulation or you're just going to have a huge mosquito nest. So you'll need a pump and a well and probably a large storage tank. Also you'll want some sort of barrier at the water edge(rip rap or bring in loads of sand every year), otherwise it will erode the banks eventually making your pond juts a big low spot.

Answer 7

You would excavate for a pond, not build one. You should call a company that does this. There are many factors to be considered first. County approval. Ownership of the property. Test for water supply. Permits. Possible

consent of neighbors. Fencing may be required. Where do you plan to truck the excavated soil to?

The company can then give you a tentative cost, but expect it to increase as the work progresses.

The company will need easy access. You will need liability insurance.

Answer 8

Consider the options. If a Contractor has use for the soil, then he might do it for you for what he can haul away. It would cost you nothing. In my case I dug a pond less then one-half acre so I could get dirt to build up a site for a future house. It cost me $7,000. In any case, you will have to deal with a lot of soil. What are you going to do with it?

Answer 9

Ten or twenty acres of water, that isn't a pond. It's a lake. As

Stephen asked, do you realize how much land ten acres is?

It's a LOT.

Answer 10

Depends upon terrain, soil, water, isolation, among other things. In many places you can't get a permit to build any such pond, even if you could afford it. In other places, simply damming a stream could get you a 10-acre pond.

Answer 11

Get a price, then add 35% more than that. Add at least a 12 month delay from original start date. Do not forget all the wrong paper work you will be required to submit, twice. Once you have everything in place, at least one local official will red tag the job due to a county clerk not filing papers to the right office. In the mean time, the land mover will have taken two other jobs, or gone to another location. Do not forget the aeration devices required to keep water healthy.



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Answer 12

EPA permits alone after lawyers can run 10,000 plus.As for the pond with out a study of rock formation it would be a cost plus any unforeseen seen problems.

Answer 13

Bat may be low balling that too! That is a lot of dirt to move both from the hole and off site. Will the soil support a pond?

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Answer 15

dig+ heavy machines+ concrete+ concrete machine+ contractor = around 7 to 8,ooo,..u can save a lot,..

Answer 16

I think you must find this for some of the construction services provider.

Answer 17

roughly $18000

Answer 18

about $300,000

Answer 19

about $250,000

Answer 20

about $7.40

Answer 21

no idea