Mount Elbert Forebay
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Mount Elbert Forebay is a high-altitude reservoir in Colorado used primarily for hydroelectric power generation and water storage near Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Elbert Powerplant | 2 |
| Mount Elbert Conduit | 1 |
| Mount Elbert Forebay canonical | 1 |
| Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3943958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mount Elbert Forebay Context triple: [Sawatch Range, contains, Mount Elbert Forebay]
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A.
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa is a striking badlands area in Arizona known for its colorful, banded rock formations and petrified wood within Petrified Forest National Park.
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B.
Blue Mesa Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir is the largest body of water entirely in Colorado, a major storage and recreation reservoir on the Gunnison River within Curecanti National Recreation Area.
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C.
Bear Gulch Reservoir
Bear Gulch Reservoir is a small man-made lake in Pinnacles National Park, California, known for its scenic setting amid volcanic rock formations and proximity to popular hiking and cave trails.
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D.
Palisade Reservoir
Palisade Reservoir is a man-made lake in central Utah used primarily for irrigation, recreation, and local water storage.
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E.
Grand Lake, Colorado
Grand Lake, Colorado is a small mountain town at the western gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, known for its scenic alpine lake and outdoor recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mount Elbert Forebay Target entity description: Mount Elbert Forebay is a high-altitude reservoir in Colorado used primarily for hydroelectric power generation and water storage near Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range.
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A.
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa is a striking badlands area in Arizona known for its colorful, banded rock formations and petrified wood within Petrified Forest National Park.
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B.
Blue Mesa Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir is the largest body of water entirely in Colorado, a major storage and recreation reservoir on the Gunnison River within Curecanti National Recreation Area.
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C.
Bear Gulch Reservoir
Bear Gulch Reservoir is a small man-made lake in Pinnacles National Park, California, known for its scenic setting amid volcanic rock formations and proximity to popular hiking and cave trails.
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D.
Palisade Reservoir
Palisade Reservoir is a man-made lake in central Utah used primarily for irrigation, recreation, and local water storage.
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E.
Grand Lake, Colorado
Grand Lake, Colorado is a small mountain town at the western gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, known for its scenic alpine lake and outdoor recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| access | via local forest roads from U.S. Highway 24 ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| climateZone | alpine ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Mount Elbert Powerplant
ⓘ
Twin Lakes Reservoir ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | earthen dam impoundment ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation |
approximately 3000 meters above sea level
ⓘ
approximately 9800 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| energyInfrastructureRole |
supports peak-load electricity generation
ⓘ
supports pumped-storage cycling between forebay and Twin Lakes Reservoir ⓘ |
| function |
regulating reservoir for powerplant operations
ⓘ
upper reservoir for pumped-storage system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Lake County, Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Sawatch Range ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | San Isabel National Forest ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Arkansas River basin ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Elbert
ⓘ
Twin Lakes, Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedOn | a plateau above Twin Lakes ⓘ |
| nearCity | Leadville, Colorado ⓘ |
| nearFeature |
Mount Elbert Trailheads
ⓘ
linked to:
North Mount Elbert Trailhead
Twin Lakes Reservoir ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation Eastern Colorado Area Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| outflow | Lake Creek ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
ⓘ
Mount Elbert Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Project ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
boating (non-motorized, where permitted)
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ |
| region | central Colorado Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| use |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| watercourse | Lake Creek ⓘ |
| waterManagementRole | part of transbasin diversion system in Colorado ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mount Elbert Forebay Description of subject: Mount Elbert Forebay is a high-altitude reservoir in Colorado used primarily for hydroelectric power generation and water storage near Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mount Elbert Forebay
linked to: Mount Elbert Forebay
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linked to: Mount Elbert Forebay