Farm ponds, retention ponds, swimming ponds, and water feature excavation. Full site work from clearing to final shaping, dam and berm construction, and inlet/outlet installation.
Backwell excavates ponds for farm operations, residential properties, commercial sites, and stormwater management systems throughout Lyons, Wayne County, and the surrounding area. Whether you need a new farm pond for livestock watering and irrigation, a retention basin for a development project, or a recreational swimming pond, we bring the equipment and expertise to get the excavation done right.
Proper pond construction requires more than just digging a hole. We evaluate soil permeability, establish the right depth profile for your intended use, engineer the dam and spillway to handle your watershed, and install inlet/outlet structures to manage water levels. Our team handles all associated earthwork including clearing the site, shaping the basin, constructing the dam and berms, and final grading of the surrounding area.
Contact us today for a free estimate on pond excavation in Lyons. We will evaluate the site, discuss your goals, and give you a realistic project scope and price.
Lyons sits at the confluence of the Canandaigua Outlet, Ganargua Creek, and the Erie Canal in central Wayne County, on the western end of the Finger Lakes drumlin field. Soils across the village and surrounding parcels are dominated by Honeoye silt loam and Lima silt loam on the drumlin flanks, Palmyra gravelly loam on the outwash terraces, and Canandaigua silty clay loam and Lyons silt loam in the low-lying creek and canal corridors.
The Erie Canal is the defining hydrologic and infrastructure feature, and projects within or adjacent to the canal prism fall under NYS Canal Corp permitting. Commercial site work in Lyons regularly involves managing Clyde River backwater flood elevations, trenching through cobbly till on the drumlins, and dewatering on canal-adjacent parcels. Structural fill is often required where native silty clay loams cannot carry pavement or slab loading. Shallow dolostone and limestone bedrock can appear on the higher drumlin summits, but most commercial excavation stays comfortably above rock. Frost-susceptible silt loams push utility burial and pavement detail on most commercial parcels in and around the village.