Large pond dam breach causes water surge down stream

[@bryanjoachim5655]

The way this fella is getting so close over the pipes, I figure they found this video posthumously.

[@russs7574]

What I find amazing is how all that vegetation held that bank together for as long as it did. Also how much the presence of all the grass and other plants limited the size of the breach. I gotta say that our videographer here has a lot more balls than I'd ever have, standing next to a failing dam bank like that.

[@Paw95]

I like to live dangerously. I do way more dangerous stuff at my job. That ground is rock solid Ohio clay.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Looks like the Ohio Clay wasn’t properly rammed into place. Then a skimped cover layer allowed the frost to get into it.

[@Paw95]

@@Dave5843-d9m huh? You must have not watched to see why it broke. Undermining is why it broke

[@Paw95]

@@robertdenslow1557 yes I made one not long ago on my channel.

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall2073]

"That ground is rock solid Ohio clay." @@Paw95 That ground wasn't too hard for it to give way like it did.

[@timothy4664]

Anyone else feel guilty watching this because you find it soothing and calming? I have watched this a half dozen times since it was posted. I always end up feeling a little guilty. I am receiving comfort (I hate to say pleasure) from a video that was obviously taken at a difficult and disappointing time for the owner. So, I am sorry for enjoying this Paw. As an aside, can I point out how much I cannot stand the comments by people who feel the need to demonstrate their smug superiority? I mean, it's obvious this guy is having a rough time and you go out of your way to basically call him stupid without knowing the entire story? That tells me more about their character than anything else.

[@Paw95]

Thanks for the comment and view. Go to the end screen and see the new video of me explaining why I didn't fix it and why I couldn't get the equipment for rent.

[@TheGreatWhitePhantom]

No I don't feel guilty at all. I was enjoying the fascinating and intriguing process. Except for all the gagging and yakking noises this guy, was making in the background... lol tf 😂... No I'm just playing, it was a good video. I mean you hate to watch a lot of nature's work headed down stream and got to be all redone. I reckon though, after a few years and some repairs, she'll fill back up again eventually....

[@markRix3308]

The power of water. Never to be underestimated.

[@eggos5074]

tsunamis are fun to watch terribly sad but makes you realize what a little pressure differential can do to all the stuff humans think will last forever.

[@utubewatcher806]

questioning the wisdom of standing on a weakened earthen dam in failure.

[@bigsmiler5101]

In 2019, national news spoke of flooding in Nebraska & Iowa + and referenced it was because a dam broke. I grew up near that dam--Spencer Dam. It was a puny dam but it's inconceivable how much death & destruction resulted. Whole bridges were swept away. Weirdest of all is it was caused by a freaking GLACIER in the middle of the Continent! Okay... actually fallen snow had turned to ice as things had warmed. Then an extreme rain washed gigantic slabs of ice down the hills & into the river where it piled up, possibly 15 feet high. When all that hit the dam it was like an instant annihilation of all the earth & concrete.

[@smokinreefer9336]

The bluffs of Kansas City Missouri were carved by the Missouri river. The river must've been really wide at one point

[@jonathanbeyer326]

Correct dude, water is the most powerful force on earth. Water made the Grand Canyon !!

[@lochmarFiendhiem]

This video popped up in my recommended watches and I sat here in the shed and watched the entire thing. That area looks like a lot of fun to be in, I love the landscape!

[@Paw95]

Thanks for watching. I posted a video today explaining everything about it also.

[@icosthop9998]

Recommend to me also. I have Binging on the Japanese 2011 Tsunami.

[@JakeStarAstrella]

I was searching for 2011 tsunami video and this popped up

[@icosthop9998]

@@JakeStarAstrella lol

[@nighthawkarts]

“Yep… these culvert pipes are too small for a dam this large. It’s the second time I’ve notified the D.O.T and they still haven’t fixed it” - Post10 probably 😂

[@noshot5793]

Love that guy lol

[@sforza209]

Hahaha for real

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

I like his videos, but I think Post10 has a few issues upstairs. He will never have the experience to actually work for the DOT/Public Works and doesn't seem to understand the complexities, rules, design process, etc., for cities. He thinks it's just about going to "clean a drain" here and there. In his mind, he's the 'authority figure' that doesn't have any authority elsewhere among people who actually do the jobs for a living. He'd need a specific college degree to work with them. I doubt that he ever will in his lifetime.

[@shikaka9032]

an alcoholic with beer provoked a flood....

[@pshodean]

if they were not full of debris it might be enough to keep check on the water but they have to be unobstructed.

[@russs7574]

In the back of my mind, I can hear Post 10..."Beavers gonna be angry." And this is why when you are confronted with water flowing across the road, the best thing to do is "Turn around, don't drown."

[@Paw95]

Yeah it’s done this for 30 years since my grandfather built this pond. He built it with what he had at the time. But this time the amount of rainfall we had was way more then usual though.

[@samuels1123]

This is why it is useful to plan for overtopping of dams, such as by installing surfaces on the top of the dam and creating an intentional dip in the middle, extreme overflow like this would then only pour through a given channel

[@STONEDay]

Yea like Oroville dam where the entire overflow spillway almost washed out. lol

[@josephastier7421]

Yes, all dams must have a spillway to allow water to bypass when at capacity. The Oroville dam spillway eroded its concrete liner but the bedrock below it held.

[@leofisher407]

did you watch the video, there literally is an overflow

[@samuels1123]

@@leofisher407 the overflow handling system was insufficient and was based on bundles of narrow high resistance pipes, it would be much easier, more effective, and stable to just excavate a dip in the reservoir wall and coat all surfaces of the dip in material very resistant to erosion, the overtopping based overflow handling system would then have capacity to handle this event at cost only of requiring more complicated maintenance on occasion.

[@deadbeatdon]

@@samuels1123 1:05 He shows his overflow spillway. 19:55 He shows muskrat holes which undermined his plastic culverts.

[@rieniekramer1912]

Thanks for the great footage ..and the bravery to stand so close ...for some reason I am fascinated by draining waters ..

[@Paw95]

Wasn’t in any danger. That ground around it was solid as rock.

[@MaxMax-di8kx]

Fascinated too but short of bravery. Standing in the middle of the stream would be brave.

[@Dystopicfools5930]

@@MaxMax-di8kx brave? More like stupid

[@thelivingkiltedpirate3809]

Nothing like watching nature take back what man has tried to contain.

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

it was really good of you to let the county know that was happening!

[@THE-michaelmyers]

In November 1977, while I was stationed in California with the USAF, a colleague brought in a local newspaper that featured a small headline about a dam break in Georgia. Nearly 40 people had perished. The name Toccoa Falls struck me immediately; I grew up just 30 minutes away and had often stood atop that very earthen dam. Among my old photos is one of me at the dam, taken in the late 1960s. During my subsequent leave, I returned to Georgia and spoke with someone who had monitored the Kelly Barnes Dam during the persistent rains. Tragically, most of the victims were affiliated with Toccoa Falls College. That memory came flooding back as I watched the events unfold.

[@vapidfire68]

im sorry this happened to you, but this is an amazing video. thanks for posting it.

[@Paw95]

Thanks for watching!

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

From the looks of the erosion over the pipes, it looks like it has been eroding for a while. That is what lack of maintenance gets you.

[@Paw95]

Holes in them from muskrats. Can't get equipment on rent either. The big companies have it all right now. Also all the contractors are overwhelmed with work.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

@@Paw95 That is true now but the muskrats did not do all that damage overnight and the spillway did not get that way overnight either. Probably not your doing but dams, just like everything else people build, need require regular inspections, regular maintenance, and repairs as soon as possible after they are needed. It took a lot of work and expense to build that dam. And maintenance and repairs are always cheaper than rebuilding.

[@danbolin1470]

Yep, that was totally preventable with maintenance. That’s been eroding for a very long time. NO SYMPATHY

[@mikesheets4332]

I agree I’d be shoveling dirt and rock hell a trap draped over the bank would slow it down while you add dirt to it

[@AMentorway4u]

I dont see the problem here. One should expect that being by a river. As long as the houses are on higher ground all is good.

[@FunnyFarmExcavation]

Awsome video. I'm amazed you were able to catch it as it happened. Well at least the water is drained so you can fix it correctly.

[@monmixer]

My buddy bought a nice big piece of property on top of a hill. He also decided to build a big pond on his plot. He didn't do what he was supposed to do and have some one with the EPA talk to him and view the property so it get's done right. 3 years after he filled the pond the dam failed and unfortunately there was a home at the bottom of the hill below the dam area. All that water ran right through their home. Good thing he has a lot of money because he had a helluva bill to pay and he is so lucky no one was in the home when it happened. The EPA fined the crap out of him also.

[@VeteranVandal]

He should be fined, frankly.

[@JAGJAG1265]

​@@VeteranVandalactually thrown in jail

[@joangordon3376]

I admire your ability to just stand there and watch - I'd have been away looking for a big stick to poke a bigger breach to release the water 😀

[@O.G.LIL-MAN]

And yeah, you'd be in the afterlife wondering why we're you an idiot

[@joangordon3376]

@@O.G.LIL-MAN 🤣🤣🤣

[@VeteranVandal]

It wasn't needed. Besides, you don't want to increase flow here.

[@joangordon3376]

@@VeteranVandal I bow to your superior knowledge 🙂

[@VeteranVandal]

@@joangordon3376 that's not actually my knowledge, I just saw how the experimental attempts work. For instance in kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnvJloeodsdnf9E they simulate one, a small breach.

[@barachurch9724]

no idea why this was in my recommended but im glad it was. i understand this is a dangerous and probably annoying thing but it was also strangely beautiful?? like idk how to describe it, nature is cool and it kind of does whatever it wants and there's not a lot we can do to stop it sometimes. thanks for taking the risk and recording this for us!! very interesting to watch :]

[@zalmaflash]

Thanks for being so aware of what was happening and took the time and risk to record it.

[@skidoorulz4914]

But he didn't take the time to properly maintain the dam after it was weakened by prior overflows that washed out large parts of the dam in the past

[@davidtwliew616]

Once in a while, you got to drain the pond to recharge the ecosystem of the pond.

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

I have 2 ponds, one 1 and a half acre 25 feet deep and the other 1 and a third acre 17 feet deep both have large overflow tubes. I clean all the vegetation from the overflow every month and before every storm. All over flows are secure with field rocks to mitigate erosion. Having ponds is great, but be prepared to work.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I grew up on a small property with a pond of probably half acre or so, 10-12' at the deepest. You're not lying, be prepared to be out in storms clearing drains so your pond doesn't overtop. Ours did a couple times, luckily nothing terrible, extremely low volume

[@bas4903]

Is this pond man made? we call them dams in Australia

[@Blougheed]

this while tragic is so satisfying to watch.. the power of water is incredible

[@FirstLadyDonald]

Tragic?

[@jtwin1000]

@@FirstLadyDonald was trhinking the same, tragic is the wrong word to use, nothing tragic about a pond draining

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

@@jtwin1000 a dam like that ain't cheap, getting the pond to its previous state will require a lot of money and manpower. Also I assume the pond had a population of fish, which is now somewhere downstream and partially on the flooded field.

[@Paw95]

It is now completed and i have a video up on me fixing it. It cost me around $10,000 and it's still full of fish.

[@highlandoutsider]

All things considered that held up way better than I though it would at least, I thought you were gonna lose your pump sitting on the dam for sure, not awesome to have happen to you, but awesome to watch so I appreciate that buddy 👍

[@Paw95]

Thanks for stopping in today. Yeah it’s not actually too bad even today.

[@jakemaattanen]

Highly satisfying to watch the water doing its thing.

[@matwithonet1984]

Very cool. Thanks for documenting. I enjoyed watching this very much. Such a pretty place.

[@Paw95]

Thanks for watching

[@scinanisern9845]

I think I see where your new drain improvements need to be. In fact it looks like the digging has begun already.

[@Paw95]

I have already moved tons of dirt. So far I’ve added about 1 foot to the top of the dam and put four big brand new stronger culvert pipes in the other end.

[@Blackadder75]

@@Paw95 Is that your job or is it on your land?

[@Paw95]

@@Blackadder75 on my dads land. I work heavy highway and bridge construction for a living. Union operating engineer

[@mrpenn4613]

@@Paw95 I was going to suggest watching some of letsdig18's videos. He makes a lot of pond dams with over flows and spillways.

[@young11984]

@@mrpenn4613 agree, Letsdig18 or DirtPerfect. Not trying to be rude but i wouldn’t have claimed to be any kind of engineer if i had installed those cheap single wall spaghetti pipes in the dam

[@michaeltipton5500]

Post10 did you do that?

[@andreadejarnette6733]

This was so satisfying. Thank you!!!👍👍

[@j-sin3344]

Not sure why the culvert failed, clearly state of the art construction with the 5 12" felx pipes and sand holding it all back.

[@Paw95]

That’s not sand. That’s Ohio clay dirt.

[@kellystephens077]

​@@Paw95 what part of Ohio? N⬆️S⬇️E➡️W⬅️

[@Paw95]

@@kellystephens077 south central Ohio

[@1960gambit]

Wow man, that really sucks. I know what you mean about muskrats. My wife`s old place was an old fish hatchery and the muskrats tore the Hell out of the banks. When I moved in with her, I trapped or shot 17 of those little bastards. They destroy ponds like nobody`s business.

[@Paw95]

Yeah I’m definitely going to upgrade to concrete for sure. That way I’ll never have to worry about it again

[@1960gambit]

@@Paw95 Concrete is forever if it is done right. No doubt about it! I got a long video coming out in the morning from Horseshoe Curve.

[@elizabethwatson71]

Wish I new you back in the day…I’d have taken those pelts from you! Lol

[@DetroitRiverMaster]

@@Paw95 Was there already a Healthly Fish Population? I can't even imagine the Years of Time & Work If you fished it... That's a Major bummer right now with all going on.

[@fredbiden868]

good for you knowing how to stop those lil bastards...most complain bout it but do nothing n cry bout it...

[@MyPigeonMilo]

7 minutes in, I’m loving this video! Total ASMR!

[@mhenhawke5093]

8:00 Nature at it's finest, doing what it's going to do, regardless.

[@Paw95]

That’s a fact

[@truthisbeautiful7492]

Erosion teaching video! ​@@Paw95

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Strangely hypnotic watching this mini disaster 👀

[@TinkletitsMcGee]

Hi I’m watching this from an area where we have drought most of the year and we import our water. Feels like I’m watching heaven seeing so much water from rain.

[@sforza209]

Importing water? No where I’d wanna live…

[@tapwater2757]

I watch this all the time this is probably the best video I’ve seen I’m right there havin a beer brother

[@Paw95]

Thanks for watching!

[@cindypozen6595]

I kept wanting to reach out and pull you away from the edge. Omg. 😳

[@brendawilliams2968]

I keep wondering what’s happening to homes and farms down stream. That’s a lot of water.

[@Paw95]

There’s nothing down stream but lots and lots of forest land

[@young11984]

Thats some long term neglect and shoddy repairs that finally caused this dam failure, even the overflow was built with a failure point built in. You never leave a waterfall at the end of a spill way because for how far it is off the geound the water will eventually take 3-4x that much dirt out from under it and cause constant collapse at the end working its way all way back to the dam.

[@TonyGingrich]

Agreed. You can see the difference between and around where the plastic culverts were laid. Cheap work today equals more expensive work tomorrow.

[@ernestweaver9720]

Exactly.

[@jsncrso]

You can tell this pond has NEVER had a bit of maintenance and this is the result...

[@Paw95]

I bet you just know everything then.

[@young11984]

@@Paw95 🤣🤣🤣🤣not even close but i do know how a dam should be built and maintained

[@aaronenglish7522]

It will be good to give the pond a good clean out every once in a while it breaks and then like a beaver, just build it back up. Cool video. Would be cool to see ya rebuild it all.

[@wealthychef]

That dirt looks so soft I'm surprised it ever held back the water in the first place. The water just carved it right away. The whole time I had the opposite reaction to you... you kept saying "oh no" and I kept saying "come on baby break." It's exciting. Not great for the fish though I guess

[@sidviciousness7469]

Nothing like getting the dirt-first hand. Thank you for posting this... Auf Wiedersehen.

[@Paw95]

Thanks for watching

[@tjlastname5192]

Man, that’s a beautiful lake. Sorry about the dam, but I hope you got it fixed up nicely afterwards.

[@Paw95]

@@tjlastname5192 it’s been fixed and holding water for over a year now.

[@tjlastname5192]

@@Paw95 good to hear man. I dream of having a decent sized pond one day.

[@Paw95]

@ it’s about 2 acres big now. I have a video of me fixing it and a video of me in a boat going around when it reached full level. Also have one of me adding yellow perch.

[@tjlastname5192]

@ yeah I’d love to have one 2-4. I’ll check out the other video.

[@GCimprezaFTW]

I wonder if this guy knew, when he made this video, the internet’s fascination with large amounts of fast-moving water

[@Paw95]

I didn’t know but I got lucky on this one.

[@tomispandacuddle]

@@Paw95 when you Tripp on somthing and it turned out to be a golden chalice. Turns out you stepped on a gold mine for influx of views

[@emuoverlord1635]

The only thing more blokey than drinking a beer watching it unfold, eiuld be a few mates drinking beer and observing with ya 😂

[@tigerzero5216]

Thank you Paw95 for your reply to my comment I made to other posts. I have one more big comment I think will help people understand the volume of water, the "mass" of things we see here. Look at the water level of the ,,, big pond. Begin to end. How much of it has it changed from the start of the video to the end.The water level doesn't seem to be changing much over the time of the recording. And yet it keeps on flowing. Look at the size of that body of water. How many gallon jugs of water would fit in there? You know how heavy a one gallon jug of milk/water is. At the end of the video. How many jugs are pouring out in ten seconds? That's a lot of weight.

[@Paw95]

I’m going to post some pictures of what it looks like today.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

It is amazing how quickly it went too. Water will always find a way.

[@MultiTurbospeed]

That happened to me as well and the best way is to prevent this is spill ways on top of the dam about the full with of the dam make about 5-6 of them 5ft wide and 2-3 foot deep and pave the top. It's going to be expensive but it will likely to last you for decades

[@tealkerberus748]

"decades" isn't really good enough with a dam like this. You really need centuries - or until the dam has silted up and no longer holds enough water to be a threat to anything downstream.

[@fridafelin]

The best water related video on you tube

[@Paw95]

I have a few more on here. Thanks for watching!

[@jellygaming5600]

"Won't be long before that things gonna go" *Stands directly in front of it*

[@Paw95]

Yeah and guess what? Nothing bad happened

[@jellygaming5600]

@@Paw95 well no shit. The video shows that. Lol

[@hust_man]

thank you for sharing this amazing video with us

[@Paw95]

@hust_man thanks for watching!

[@hust_man]

@@Paw95 my brother loved it too

[@gertnerbot]

I would have NOT been standing that close, especially after it got going. That whole piece, 10 feet on either side, could have gone all at once.

[@TakaS013]

You can never control nature, it will always find weakness.

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

This is a good example why unregulated earthen dams can be so dangerous, luckily there weren’t people downstream. And thru a lot of work it can be built back up and restocked, but it will be a whole lot of work!

[@epsems1794]

Should build the dam with your piping 3 1/2 feet thick retaining dam wall. With piping through the wall of the dam bigger diameter pipes will work. I'd incorporate these pipes into the 3 1/2 foot thick dam wall as well as rebar for additional structural strength for the dam wall that was washed away. For the piping on the wall you may want to add a pressure plate at the end. Maybe a water level sensor will help as well so that when the water gets too high it'll automatically open the pressure plate and let water flow out safely. Hope this information helps you out.

[@mhenhawke5093]

You might lose that generator/pump too. It's pretty close to the pond edge.

[@Paw95]

I moved it. Just fired it up yesterday also to pump some water.

[@tcurr0309]

@@Paw95 I'd try a narrow concrete spillway on top of the dam this time around. Hope the fishing improves after the rebuild

[@williambarry8015]

Thats nice to be able to have a pond that big. Even if it does get breeched and emptied once in a while.

[@dzspdref]

if this was a man-made pond and originally not naturally made, then cannot be mad. Nature will always have a way to bringing things back to what is naturally to be. Man just has to learn to change and adapt. This would still have happened if you were not there to film it, so thank you for sharing this small force of nature with us. You witnessed the creation of a new river! Better get your name stamped on it!! River Paw95

[@jdlcdn]

Did you contact someone to intervene right away? Emergency crew.?

[@Paw95]

No need to.

[@sceneanuerebelrebel9244]

Watch the ground behind you ,we were watching a similar event and dad felt the ground move ,we ran and a 10' section slid into channel the crack was behind us !!

[@Paw95]

Wow that’s nuts!! Good thing you got out!

[@yanmacnp]

I wonder what happened to the blue bottle at 10:43

[@Scottish1970]

Post 10 probably dismantled a beavers home in a culvert upstream and caused this.

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Oh my, I can hear your heart breaking. That’s the biggest manmade pond I’ve ever seen.

[@Biffo1262]

Nah that just the phlegm in his throat!

[@awboat]

biggest pond you ever saw???? Ha ha. Really?

[@scotthauser9395]

The guy's narration is priceless.

[@alliejones9864]

I had my banjo all tuned up and ready

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Man, that's incredible to watch. Kinda sounds like you needed a drain to update the infrastructure anyway, as much as it probably hurt to watch it all flow away. I'm guessing you're into fishing? But I guess you have a good idea for what to plan for next time and how to hopefully make it easier to maintain.

[@martindavies6665]

Hello bree badger, how are you doing?

[@trentpatton2616]

At least you are doing ya part and stocking the river with fish mate 👍

[@Paw95]

You got that right

[@HorstMichel-mh7gv]

Lot of work ahead after this spillage. Hope you find time n' material to recover the damage. If so would be nice to see what you done to now.

[@Paw95]

I’ve got it all patched up now. Got it done a week ago today actually. So far I’m $8,272 into the fix and still not totally done yet.

[@vickietownsend5944]

@@Paw95 Please show an "after".

[@Paw95]

@@vickietownsend5944 it’s already been fixed and the video posted on this channel.

[@historyinthefaking]

Excellent video ! 👍

[@Paw95]

Thank you very much!

[@historyinthefaking]

@@Paw95 You're welcome !

[@pumpkinshrekgtagvr]

10:00 is when it really starts to go (if u don’t have a heart for this underrated guy) btw u just earned a sub

[@Paw95]

Thank you so much!!

[@pumpkinshrekgtagvr]

@@Paw95 np bro

[@therealsmilebit]

where did all the thousands gallons of water went?

[@Paw95]

To the river

[@LunarEquity93]

Great video I just subscribed to your channel that looked like a pretty bad washout hopefully you didn't have a hard time getting it fixed

[@Paw95]

Thanks for the sub! I got some of it fixed back up.

[@LunarEquity93]

@@Paw95 You're very welcome and that's good to hear hopefully you didn't lose all your fish do you have any huge black storm drain pipes God bless you sir I enjoy your videos I also enjoyed watching this one

[@TxVet1027]

Did the pump survive?

[@Paw95]

Still down there working

[@LunarEquity93]

That old spillway you made out of cinder blocks that is pretty neat and I feel bad for the poor fish that were in your pond and will end up in the field I'll pray for you God bless you sir

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

We had to move our spillway because once or twice a year when it would rain on and off for a week then comes hard storm, we had a yard full of fish and would have to go out with buckets and gather them up to get the back to the pond. 😂

[@LunarEquity93]

@@goosenotmaverick1156 Wow it's definitely a good thing you guys moved it hopefully the next spillway does not fail at all do you guys think you might have added concrete or might add concrete to the next one

[@donaldkennedy5604]

Gona be a lot of silt in that field. Is that good or bad?

[@Paw95]

Wasn’t any out there actually. Just some small sticks and them old pipes.

[@brucebrown5464]

Is that in Pennsylvania

[@Paw95]

This is in southern Ohio

[@brucebrown5464]

Looks like where I grew up fishing in osterburg Pennsylvania

[@calvingreene90]

What happens when you don't maintain your dam.

[@sammencia7945]

Hope you get your pond back and restocked.

[@Paw95]

It’s actually about down to normal water level. It’s still full of fish also. I’ll make a post about it later and and many pictures of it.

[@marx4325]

Yep those are drain coil they are not culvert pipes, they are designed for field drainage or behind a retaining wall. They just clog up with debris especially if there are bends in the coils which it appears there were. Concrete open shoot is the best bet like you say, much easier to manage and to see whats going on.

[@alysajones7643]

Why not have fixed it before it failed? The tree growing next to the exposed culvert pipes shows it has been bad for at least a year if not longer.

[@Paw95]

Money and no equipment is why. None was available for rent and it still isn’t. All rentals are out.

[@kimkwan57]

Very interesting footage

[@Paw95]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@fibergran9]

That fish will tell its relatives some God saved him but no one is gonna believe it.

[@hollywoodhiggins1576]

Dude u handled this like a champion!

[@professional_hackjob]

That's one way to clean the gunk out of the pond

[@brucebrown5464]

Is this in Pennsylvania

[@Paw95]

Ohio actually

[@joebledsoe257]

In my State. water empoundments of certain acreage ft, or w/ dams of certain height, or length and a number of other factors are required to be inspected annually. They must pass or be repaired or drained until repaired or removed entirely. The state has criteria of how the dam must be constructed, dimensions, materials etc. Galvanized pipes rust out, concrete pipes leak, plastic pipes get eaten. What a mess!!

[@Paw95]

What state is that

[@Dan-wz9jd]

I wonder how many gallons that was.

[@Paw95]

Pond is at least 1 acre and was 6-7 foot above normal level. A ton I know that

[@crimsonpheonix4609]

i wanna see what it looks like after its done

[@Paw95]

I’m in the process of working on it right now.

[@jedatea]

this vid braught me so much joy

[@weldersandblaster]

I love watching dirt bank erosion by fast moving water. Nature can be fascinating.

[@sport07-o2l]

Last dam break I witnessed a lady asked me how far will the lake go down. I said all the way to the bottom, ma’am

[@quintili1]

It's lights out when the water starts spilling over an earthen dam.

[@VeteranVandal]

Yep. If it spills over soil, you can't fix anymore. If it was a very big rock or concrete, tho, it'd be fine.

[@rickydockins2779]

Is that a bud lite you're drinking

[@Paw95]

No! I don’t drink any beer. Never liked the taste of it. That’s a Pepsi

[@Grandpa-Chris]

I truly feel for you Sir, there is nothing good to say about this…

[@Paw95]

Thanks!!

[@blakespower]

when I was young Ivied by a swamp on the Chesapeake bay and when we get high tides with rough waves the bay would cut off the swamp from draining by pushing sand up with waves, I always loved unblocking it and the waves or rapids were huge rolling waves wasn't as big as your pond but still was a lot of water couldn't walk in it you would be pushed over

[@Paw95]

This water got pretty wild about 7 years ago because they clear cut 110 acres of trees near by. That caused a tremendous amount of water runoff since the trees disappeared.

[@tealkerberus748]

Watching that plastic culvert bounce and twist down the breach .. That's one helluva water slide! I bet the white water rafting people are sad they missed this one.

[@Paw95]

Would have been a wild ride lol

[@alden1132]

The Title Should Be 'Erosion: Revenge Of The Creek'

[@aaronbabcock8608]

Wait, the beavers and muskrats made the clay dam fail because they chewed on some black pipes running through the dam?

[@Paw95]

Yes which caused it to undermine over time. It’s all fixed now and holding water.

[@koharumi1]

call! not everyday you can see it collapse from the beginning.

[@xr6lad]

Please tell me he didn’t have a standard red garden hose and a small pump to try and mitigate a potential breach of that dam?

[@Paw95]

No! That’s a 2 inch water hose and used it for watering grass seed. You must not be able to see well

[@dustincook4382]

Bright side maybe!? If you have crops downstream they will love the rich soil next year

[@Japanjadadio]

Hello from Japan How deep is the pond?

[@Paw95]

Hello to you! Right now it’s 14 foot deep. It’s now been fixed.