Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project

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The Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers system of dams, levees, and related structures near Fairbanks, Alaska, designed to reduce flooding along the Chena River and protect surrounding communities.

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Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Corps of Engineers project ⓘ
civil engineering work ⓘ
flood control project ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill (for Moose Creek Dam) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designedTo protect Fairbanks, Alaska from flooding ⓘ
reduce flooding along the Chena River ⓘ
regulate Chena River flows during high water events ⓘ
endPoint downstream areas near Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline geotechnical engineering ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ
floodControlMethod diversion of high flows into a floodway ⓘ
levee protection along the Chena River ⓘ
temporary water storage behind Moose Creek Dam ⓘ
hasEffect controls peak flows on the Chena River ⓘ
reduces flood damage in Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
hasPart Chena River levees ⓘ
Moose Creek Dam ⓘ
control works ⓘ
floodway channel ⓘ
interior drainage structures ⓘ
recreation areas ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Chena River State Recreation Area (vicinity) ⓘ
locatedInRegion Interior Alaska ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Fairbanks
locatedOnWatercourse Chena River ⓘ
managingAgency United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearbyCity Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Fairbanks

North Pole, Alaska ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District ⓘ
United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy United States federal government ⓘ
partOf Alaska flood control infrastructure ⓘ
Chena River basin ⓘ
linked to: Chena River
purpose flood control ⓘ
flood risk reduction ⓘ
protection of Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
protection of communities along the Chena River ⓘ
regionServed Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska ⓘ
Fairbanks, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Fairbanks
river Chena River ⓘ
startPoint upstream reaches of the Chena River east of Fairbanks ⓘ

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

Chena River → hasFloodControlStructure → Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project ⓘ
1967 Fairbanks flood → inspiredConstruction → Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project ⓘ
Moose Creek Dam → partOf → Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project ⓘ