Eufaula Dam

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Eufaula Dam is a major flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms Lake Eufaula, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eufaula Dam canonical 1
Lake Eufaula Lock and Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1956 ⓘ
constructionCost about 121 million US dollars ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
damHeight approximately 114 feet ⓘ
damLength approximately 3,200 feet ⓘ
damType earth-fill dam ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Eufaula ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
inflowRiver Arkansas River ⓘ
isMajorReservoirCreator yes ⓘ
locatedIn Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedInCounty McIntosh County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedNearCity Eufaula, Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Arkansas River ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District ⓘ
notableFor creating one of the largest reservoirs in the United States by surface area ⓘ
openingDate 1964 ⓘ
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
outflowRiver Arkansas River ⓘ
partOfProject Arkansas River navigation and flood control system ⓘ
powerPlantCapacity approximately 90 megawatts ⓘ
powerPlantTurbineType hydroelectric turbine ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region eastern Oklahoma ⓘ
reservoirMaxCapacity approximately 3,000,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Eufaula ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength approximately 600 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 102,000 acres ⓘ
reservoirType artificial lake ⓘ
riverSystem Mississippi River basin ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wildlife habitat management ⓘ
usedFor downstream flood risk reduction ⓘ
peak power generation ⓘ
supporting barge navigation on the Arkansas River ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Arkansas River → hasDam → Eufaula Dam ⓘ
Walter F. George Lock and Dam → alsoKnownAs → Lake Eufaula Lock and Dam ⓘ
linked to: Eufaula Dam