On June 1 & 2, 2001 there were 2 rain events and the catch basin we dug out in 1999 is almost full of soil after only 2 minor rain events.
There was a major drought in 2000 so no run-off occurred before June of 2001.

The 1999 picture above shows the same area as the first image above.

This image shows the catch basin and the soil that has washed in and started to fill in the waterway below the basin.

To the left you see the catch basin filled up with water from the tilled field after the June 2 rain.

This image shows the bottom of the waterway on our no-tilled farm by the road.

We dug out this part of the waterway the fall of 2000 with our dirt scraper.

This waterway has been cleaned out twice now in 10 years.

Then as the water continues on down stream it swamps the farm below before entering a small creek.

Even though we drilled beans on last year's bean stubble we had no run-off on our No-Till farm during the June 1 & 2, 2001 rain events discussed above.

While there was major run-off from the tilled field which filled in the waterways mentioned above --- NO water ran into this waterway in our no-till field that does not take on water from the neighboring tilled farms.

June 12, 2001 rain event