Jordan Lake

E622015

Jordan Lake is a large man-made reservoir in central North Carolina known for recreation, wildlife habitat, and regional water supply and flood control.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jordan Lake canonical 5
Jordan Lake watershed 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy construction of B. Everett Jordan Dam ⓘ
formedByDamOn Haw River ⓘ
habitatFor bald eagles ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
wading birds ⓘ
hasActivity canoeing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
picnicking ⓘ
hasFeature campgrounds ⓘ
multiple boat ramps ⓘ
public beaches ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Jordan Lake State Recreation Area ⓘ
hasRegulation no permanent residential development on water ⓘ
hasUse birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
inflowsFrom Haw River ⓘ
New Hope Creek ⓘ
locatedIn Chatham County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
locatedNear Apex, North Carolina ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Cary

Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Raleigh
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
namedAfter B. Everett Jordan ⓘ
outflowsTo Cape Fear River ⓘ
partOf Cape Fear River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Cape Fear River
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
recreationAreaManagedBy North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
shorelineLength approximately 180 miles ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 14000 acres ⓘ
waterSupplyFor Apex, North Carolina ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Cary

Chatham County, North Carolina ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
Orange County, North Carolina ⓘ
yearImpounded early 1980s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Haw River → mouth → Jordan Lake ⓘ
Haw River → isPartOf → Jordan Lake watershed ⓘ
linked to: Jordan Lake
Morgan Creek → watershedPartOf → Jordan Lake watershed ⓘ
linked to: Jordan Lake
Jordan Dam → hasReservoir → Jordan Lake ⓘ
Jordan Dam → reservoirName → Jordan Lake ⓘ
Jordan Dam → namedAfter → Jordan Lake ⓘ