Coralville Dam

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Coralville Dam is a flood-control and recreational dam on the Iowa River in Iowa, known for exposing the nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge after major flood events.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Coralville Dam canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
recreational dam ⓘ
basin Mississippi River basin ⓘ
completedIn 1958 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1949 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Coralville Lake ⓘ
designedFor downstream flood reduction for Iowa City area ⓘ
effectOf1993Flood water overtopped spillway and exposed fossil beds ⓘ
effectOf2008Flood further erosion and exposure of Devonian Fossil Gorge ⓘ
floodEvent 1993 Midwest floods ⓘ
2008 Iowa flood ⓘ
geologicExposureAge Devonian period bedrock ⓘ
hasAccessRoad yes ⓘ
hasOverlook yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter yes ⓘ
height about 100 feet ⓘ
knownFor exposing Devonian Fossil Gorge during major floods ⓘ
landmarkType civil engineering project ⓘ
length about 1,250 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Johnson County, Iowa ⓘ
locatedNear Coralville, Iowa ⓘ
Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Iowa River ⓘ
maintainedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearCity North Liberty, Iowa ⓘ
nearFeature Devonian Fossil Gorge ⓘ
nearTransportationRoute Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Highway 218 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 218
opened 1958 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
recreationActivity boating on Coralville Lake ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
region eastern Iowa ⓘ
reservoirName Coralville Lake ⓘ
riverSystem Iowa River system ⓘ
linked to: Iowa River
spillwayType concrete overflow spillway ⓘ
state Iowa ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Devonian Fossil Gorge → locatedNear → Coralville Dam ⓘ
Coralville, Iowa → hasDam → Coralville Dam ⓘ
Iowa River → hasDam → Coralville Dam ⓘ
Coralville Lake → hasDam → Coralville Dam ⓘ
Coralville Lake → createdBy → Coralville Dam ⓘ