Summersville Dam

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Summersville Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia, known for creating Summersville Lake and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Summersville Dam canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf embankment dam ⓘ
rock-fill dam ⓘ
associatedReservoir Summersville Lake ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Summersville Lake ⓘ
downstreamRiverSection Gauley River whitewater section ⓘ
linked to: Gauley River
floodControlFor Gauley River valley ⓘ
linked to: Gauley River

Kanawha River system ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
hasFunction reduction of downstream flooding ⓘ
regulation of Gauley River flow ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
hasName Summersville Dam ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasRecreationalUse boating on Summersville Lake ⓘ
camping near Summersville Lake ⓘ
fishing on Summersville Lake ⓘ
swimming on Summersville Lake ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
impounds Gauley River ⓘ
isPartOf Gauley River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Gauley River
locatedIn Nicholas County, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Gauley River ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
namedAfter Summersville, West Virginia ⓘ
nearCity Summersville, West Virginia ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
region Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
structureType earth and rock-fill embankment ⓘ
supportsActivity kayaking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
whitewater recreation ⓘ
tourismAttraction Summersville Lake area ⓘ
linked to: Summersville Lake
usedBy anglers ⓘ
recreational boaters ⓘ
whitewater outfitters ⓘ
usedFor seasonal whitewater releases ⓘ
waterBodyFormed Summersville Lake ⓘ
watercourse Gauley River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Gauley River → crosses → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Gauley River → impoundedBy → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Gauley River → waterReleaseControlledBy → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Gauley Season → waterSourceControl → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Summersville, West Virginia → hasNearbyDam → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Summersville Dam → hasName → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Nicholas County, West Virginia → hasFeature → Summersville Dam ⓘ
Summersville Lake → formedBy → Summersville Dam ⓘ