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[QUOTE="brandonsdad02, post: 146710, member: 3783"]
Just my 2 cents about the frost line and being warmer.  Think about your house water lines coming in from the street, your well or whatever you have for your water supply.  They are buried deep normally around 6'.  They want to get below the frost line because the ground is warmer.  It doesn't freeze that deep in the ground during the colder months.   Now is going 4' deep in your area going to make that much of a difference??? Not likely, in fact I don't even know if 4' for your location is below the frost line.  I'm in zone 6 and our frost line is 3'.  My pond is just over 3' deep, but that doesn't mean that it will stay ice free all winter  I just wanted it to be deep enough so if we do have a harsh winter, my pond won't freeze solid all the way to the bottom.  I have never seen ice any thicker than 15" here in Iowa.

All in all, I think you should be fine for winter with some sort of air hole open in your pond.  I wouldn't try to keep it heated so its ice free.  IMO, just let nature do its thing.
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