Pyramid Dam

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Pyramid Dam is a major earthfill dam in Southern California that forms Pyramid Lake on Piru Creek, serving water storage, flood control, and recreation purposes as part of the State Water Project.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pyramid Dam canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1968 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
floodControlFunction attenuates peak flows on Piru Creek ⓘ
formsBodyOfWater Pyramid Lake ⓘ
hasAccessRoad Interstate 5 ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
height approximately 137 meters ⓘ
approximately 450 feet ⓘ
length approximately 1,080 meters ⓘ
approximately 3,540 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Angeles National Forest ⓘ
Los Angeles County, California ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles County

Southern California ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Sierra Pelona Mountains ⓘ
locatedNear Castaic, California ⓘ
Interstate 5 ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Los Angeles ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Piru Creek ⓘ
managesWaterFor agricultural water supply ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
material earthfill ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ
namedAfter Pyramid Rock formation ⓘ
nearbyCity Castaic, California ⓘ
Gorman, California ⓘ
opened 1973 ⓘ
operator California Department of Water Resources ⓘ
ownedBy State of California ⓘ
partOf California State Water Project ⓘ
linked to: State Water Project

West Branch of the California Aqueduct ⓘ
linked to: California Aqueduct
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed Southern California ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 180,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Pyramid Lake ⓘ
reservoirRecreationManagedBy United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
reservoirSurfaceElevation approximately 2,578 feet ⓘ
reservoirUse regulating storage for State Water Project deliveries ⓘ
riverSystem Santa Clara River watershed ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

SWP → includesComponent → Pyramid Dam ⓘ
Pyramid Lake → createdBy → Pyramid Dam ⓘ
Pyramid Rock formation → lendsNameTo → Pyramid Dam ⓘ
Pyramid Rock formation → isNearby → Pyramid Dam ⓘ