San Vicente Dam

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San Vicente Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in San Diego County, California, that forms San Vicente Reservoir and plays a key role in the region’s water supply and storage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
San Vicente Dam canonical 3
San Vicente Dam Raise Project 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
catchmentArea San Vicente Creek watershed ⓘ
completed 1943 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1941 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ
damRaiseHeightIncrease about 117 feet ⓘ
damRaiseProjectCompleted 2014 ⓘ
damRaiseProjectType roller-compacted concrete raise ⓘ
engineeringClassification large dam ⓘ
forms San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ
function drought resilience ⓘ
emergency water storage ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 220 feet (original dam) ⓘ
about 337 feet (after raise) ⓘ
impounds San Vicente Creek ⓘ
length about 1,430 feet ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Cuyamaca Mountains foothills ⓘ
San Diego County, California ⓘ
linked to: San Diego County

United States ⓘ
locatedNear Lakeside, California ⓘ
Ramona, California ⓘ
managingAgency City of San Diego Public Utilities Department ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Cleveland National Forest ⓘ
notableFeature one of the tallest dam-raise projects in the United States ⓘ
opened 1943 ⓘ
operator City of San Diego Public Utilities Department ⓘ
owner City of San Diego ⓘ
partOf San Diego County Water System ⓘ
San Diego region Emergency Storage Project ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed San Diego region ⓘ
reservoirName San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirOriginalCapacity approximately 90,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 247,000 acre-feet (after raise) ⓘ
river San Vicente Creek ⓘ
safetyRegulator California Division of Safety of Dams ⓘ
supportsRecreation boating on San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ
fishing on San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ
typeOfConstruction concrete gravity ⓘ
usesWaterSource imported water from regional aqueducts ⓘ
local runoff ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

San Diego River → hasDam → San Vicente Dam ⓘ
San Vicente Reservoir → hasDam → San Vicente Dam ⓘ
San Vicente Reservoir → formedBy → San Vicente Dam ⓘ
San Vicente Reservoir → expandedBy → San Vicente Dam Raise Project ⓘ
linked to: San Vicente Dam