Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)

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man-made lake reservoir tourist attraction

Lake Rayburn, also known as Sam Rayburn Reservoir, is a large man-made lake in East Texas popular for fishing, boating, and other recreational activities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sam Rayburn Reservoir	3
Lake Rayburn	1
Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir) canonical	1
Sam Rayburn Lake	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559176 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)
Context triple: [Sam Rayburn, honorificEponym, Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)]

A. Ray Roberts Lake
Ray Roberts Lake is a large reservoir in North Texas popular for fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation within Ray Roberts Lake State Park.
B. Lady Bird Lake
Lady Bird Lake is a popular reservoir and recreational waterfront in downtown Austin, Texas, known for its scenic trails, kayaking, and skyline views.
C. Lake Travis
Lake Travis is a large, popular reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas known for boating, fishing, and waterfront recreation near Austin.
D. White Rock Lake
White Rock Lake is a large urban reservoir and popular recreational area in east Dallas, Texas, known for its scenic trails, wildlife, and views of the city.
E. Lewisville Lake
Lewisville Lake is a large North Texas reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and recreation, located near the city of Lewisville in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)
Target entity description: Lake Rayburn, also known as Sam Rayburn Reservoir, is a large man-made lake in East Texas popular for fishing, boating, and other recreational activities.

A. Ray Roberts Lake
Ray Roberts Lake is a large reservoir in North Texas popular for fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation within Ray Roberts Lake State Park.
B. Lady Bird Lake
Lady Bird Lake is a popular reservoir and recreational waterfront in downtown Austin, Texas, known for its scenic trails, kayaking, and skyline views.
C. Lake Travis
Lake Travis is a large, popular reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas known for boating, fishing, and waterfront recreation near Austin.
D. White Rock Lake
White Rock Lake is a large urban reservoir and popular recreational area in east Dallas, Texas, known for its scenic trails, wildlife, and views of the city.
E. Lewisville Lake
Lewisville Lake is a large North Texas reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and recreation, located near the city of Lewisville in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	man-made lake ⓘ reservoir ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lake Rayburn ⓘ linked to: Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir) Sam Rayburn Lake ⓘ linked to: Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)
basinCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
completionDate	1965 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1956 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	Sam Rayburn Dam ⓘ
fishSpecies	catfish ⓘ crappie ⓘ largemouth bass ⓘ sunfish ⓘ
hasDam	Sam Rayburn Dam ⓘ
hasFacility	campgrounds ⓘ marinas ⓘ picnic areas ⓘ public boat ramps ⓘ
inflow	Angelina River ⓘ
isPopularFor	bass fishing tournaments ⓘ
locatedIn	Angelina County, Texas ⓘ East Texas ⓘ Jasper County, Texas ⓘ Nacogdoches County, Texas ⓘ Sabine River Basin ⓘ linked to: Sabine River Texas ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Angelina River ⓘ
managingAgency	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District ⓘ linked to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
maximumDepth	approximately 80 feet ⓘ
namedAfter	Sam Rayburn ⓘ
nearCity	Jasper, Texas ⓘ linked to: Jasper, Texas, United States Lufkin, Texas ⓘ
operator	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
outflow	Angelina River ⓘ
partOf	Neches-Angelina river system ⓘ linked to: Neches River
purpose	flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ
recreationActivity	boating ⓘ camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ swimming ⓘ water sports ⓘ
region	Piney Woods of Texas ⓘ linked to: Piney Woods
surfaceArea	approximately 114,500 acres ⓘ approximately 463 square kilometers ⓘ
waterBodyType	freshwater lake ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sam Rayburn → honorificEponym → Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir) ⓘ

Sam Rayburn Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Lake Rayburn ⓘ

subject linked to: Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)