Lewisville Dam

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Lewisville Dam is an earthen embankment dam in North Texas that impounds the Elm Fork of the Trinity River to form Lewisville Lake for flood control, water supply, and recreation.

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Lewisville Dam canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
earthen embankment dam ⓘ
associatedReservoirUse boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
associatedWith City of Dallas water supply ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1948 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Lewisville Lake ⓘ
crosses Elm Fork of the Trinity River ⓘ
damType earthfill ⓘ
embankment ⓘ
designedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
hasSpillway Lewisville Dam spillway ⓘ
impounds Elm Fork of the Trinity River ⓘ
locatedIn North Texas ⓘ
locatedInCounty Denton County, Texas ⓘ
locatedInState Texas ⓘ
locatedNearCity Lewisville, Texas ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Elm Fork of the Trinity River ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District ⓘ
nearbyCommunity Hickory Creek, Texas ⓘ
Lake Dallas, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Lake Dallas

The Colony, Texas ⓘ
nearMajorCity Dallas, Texas ⓘ
Denton, Texas ⓘ
openingYear 1955 ⓘ
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Trinity River basin ⓘ
linked to: Trinity River
partOfProject Lewisville Lake project ⓘ
linked to: Lewisville Lake
primaryFunction flood risk management ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ⓘ
reservoirFormerName Garza–Little Elm Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirName Lewisville Lake ⓘ
riverSystem Trinity River ⓘ
safetyClassification high-hazard potential dam ⓘ
secondaryFunction industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreational use ⓘ
watercourse Elm Fork of the Trinity River ⓘ

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

Lewisville Lake → hasStructure → Lewisville Dam ⓘ
Lewisville Lake → createdBy → Lewisville Dam ⓘ