Libby Dam

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Libby Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Kootenai River in Montana that contributes significant power and water management capacity to the Columbia River Basin.

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Label Occurrences
Libby Dam canonical 8

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
affects Kootenai River flow regime ⓘ
associatedWith Lake Koocanusa Bridge ⓘ
benefits downstream flood protection in Canada ⓘ
downstream flood protection in the United States ⓘ
classification large dam ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1966 ⓘ
coordinatedWith other Columbia River Basin dams ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Kootenai River ⓘ
dedicationDate August 24, 1975 ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact affects Kootenai River white sturgeon ⓘ
alters downstream fish habitat ⓘ
height about 129 meters ⓘ
about 422 feet ⓘ
installedCapacity about 525 megawatts ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District ⓘ
length about 3,055 feet ⓘ
about 930 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Lincoln County, Montana ⓘ
locatedNear U.S.–Canada border ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kootenai River ⓘ
manages spring snowmelt flooding ⓘ
namedAfter nearby town of Libby ⓘ
nearestCity Libby, Montana ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1972 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Columbia River Treaty projects ⓘ
partOfRiverBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
primaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
provides peaking power to the regional grid ⓘ
regionServed Pacific Northwest ⓘ
regulates Columbia River Basin runoff ⓘ
reservoir Lake Koocanusa ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 7.3 million acre-feet ⓘ
about 9.0 cubic kilometers ⓘ
secondaryPurpose recreation ⓘ
water regulation for downstream navigation ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
supports boating on Lake Koocanusa ⓘ
recreational fishing on Lake Koocanusa ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Kootenai Falls ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Kootenay River → hasDam → Libby Dam ⓘ
Lake Koocanusa → createdBy → Libby Dam ⓘ
Lake Koocanusa → hasDam → Libby Dam ⓘ
Kootenai River → hasDam → Libby Dam ⓘ
Libby, Montana → near → Libby Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Libby
Lincoln County, Montana → hasFeature → Libby Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Lincoln County