Rocky Point Pond—Take Two

In a January 2010 entry about Rocky Point Pond, I said it was as large as I had ever seen it. After a rainy first fortnight in March, the pond (see photo) now appears to be about 50 percent larger and several inches deeper than the old record. Given normal average monthly precipitation for Bremerton in the winter, it’s crazy to think the pond would be bigger in March than January, but it is. That’s what 7 inches of rain (the official measurement so far this month) will do.

Of course it’s not really a pond, just a low spot that fills with water after several days of heavy rain. In so doing, it makes a handy neighborhood rain gauge. How big and deep will it get? The forecast calls for rain for the next few days, and the ground is so soggy the pond is draining very slowly during our rare rain breaks. So it should continue to grow, although I doubt if the driveway on the right is in jeopardy.