Arkansas Valley, Colorado

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agricultural region

Arkansas Valley, Colorado is an agricultural region in southeastern Colorado known for its fertile river-bottom farmland and production of specialty crops such as Pueblo chile.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Arkansas River Valley	5
Arkansas Valley region of Colorado	2
Arkansas River valley (eastern reaches)	1
Arkansas Valley, Colorado canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2016834 — 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: Arkansas Valley, Colorado
Context triple: [Pueblo chile, cultivatedIn, Arkansas Valley, Colorado]

A. Beulah Valley, Colorado
Beulah Valley, Colorado is a small unincorporated mountain community and census-designated place in southern Colorado known for its scenic setting in the foothills of the Wet Mountains.
B. Salt Creek, Colorado
Salt Creek, Colorado is a small unincorporated community located in Pueblo County in southern Colorado.
C. Wet Mountain Valley
Wet Mountain Valley is a high-altitude agricultural and ranching valley in south-central Colorado, known for its scenic mountain views and rural communities such as Westcliffe and Silver Cliff.
D. Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for carving the dramatic Black Canyon and supporting recreation, irrigation, and hydropower in the region.
E. Blende, Colorado
Blende, Colorado is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place located near the city of Pueblo in southern Colorado.
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: Arkansas Valley, Colorado
Target entity description: Arkansas Valley, Colorado is an agricultural region in southeastern Colorado known for its fertile river-bottom farmland and production of specialty crops such as Pueblo chile.

A. Beulah Valley, Colorado
Beulah Valley, Colorado is a small unincorporated mountain community and census-designated place in southern Colorado known for its scenic setting in the foothills of the Wet Mountains.
B. Salt Creek, Colorado
Salt Creek, Colorado is a small unincorporated community located in Pueblo County in southern Colorado.
C. Wet Mountain Valley
Wet Mountain Valley is a high-altitude agricultural and ranching valley in south-central Colorado, known for its scenic mountain views and rural communities such as Westcliffe and Silver Cliff.
D. Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for carving the dramatic Black Canyon and supporting recreation, irrigation, and hydropower in the region.
E. Blende, Colorado
Blende, Colorado is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place located near the city of Pueblo in southern Colorado.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	agricultural region ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Bent County, Colorado ⓘ City of Pueblo, Colorado ⓘ linked to: Pueblo, Colorado, United States Crowley County, Colorado ⓘ Fremont County, Colorado ⓘ Otero County seat La Junta ⓘ Otero County, Colorado ⓘ Prowers County, Colorado ⓘ Pueblo County, Colorado ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
economicActivity	irrigated agriculture ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 3,500–5,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
follows	Arkansas River ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	fertile river-bottom farmland ⓘ
hasCommunity	Rocky Ford, Colorado ⓘ
hasFeature	Arkansas River floodplain ⓘ linked to: Arkansas River region
hasLandUse	cropland ⓘ rangeland ⓘ
hasSoilType	alluvial soils ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	irrigated farming since late 19th century ⓘ
irrigationSource	Arkansas River ⓘ
knownFor	Pueblo chile production ⓘ Rocky Ford cantaloupes ⓘ agricultural production ⓘ specialty crops ⓘ
locatedIn	Colorado ⓘ southeastern Colorado ⓘ
majorCrop	Pueblo chile ⓘ alfalfa ⓘ corn ⓘ melons ⓘ onions ⓘ sugar beets ⓘ
namedAfter	Arkansas River ⓘ
partOf	Arkansas River Valley ⓘ linked to: Arkansas Valley, Colorado High Plains region of Colorado ⓘ linked to: southeastern Colorado
regionType	river valley ⓘ
supportsIndustry	cattle feeding ⓘ dairy production ⓘ food processing ⓘ
transportCorridor	BNSF Railway main line ⓘ linked to: BNSF Railway line U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
waterManagementIssue	agricultural-to-municipal water transfers ⓘ irrigation water rights disputes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Pueblo chile → cultivatedIn → Arkansas Valley, Colorado ⓘ

Eastern Colorado → contains → Arkansas River valley (eastern reaches) ⓘ

subject linked to: eastern Colorado