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 Parish, Oswego 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 Parish. We will evaluate the site, discuss your goals, and give you a realistic project scope and price.
Parish lies in east-central Oswego County on the lake plain transitioning into the Tug Hill foothills. Soils across the village and the Route 69 / I-81 interchange area are dominated by Scriba fine sandy loam and Ira fine sandy loam on the uplands, with Worth and Empeyville channery silt loams on the rising ground toward Tug Hill and Greenwood mucky peat in the extensive wetland swales.
Drainage flows generally westward through tributaries to the Salmon River and south through tributaries to Oneida Lake, with the continental divide between Great Lakes and Atlantic drainage running close to the town's eastern boundary. Commercial site work in Parish regularly involves managing seasonal high water tables, dealing with hardpan restrictions in the fine sandy loams, and stormwater design that accounts for extremely high annual precipitation on the Tug Hill side. Shallow sandstone bedrock can appear on the rising ground to the east. Frost depth and snowmelt volumes both push pavement, utility, and culvert detail on any commercial project here.