Taylor Park Dam

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Taylor Park Dam is an earthfill dam on the Taylor River in Colorado, United States, built for irrigation storage, flood control, and recreation as part of the Uncompahgre Project.

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Label Occurrences
Taylor Park Dam canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1935 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
damType embankment dam ⓘ
floodControlFunction reduces downstream flooding on Taylor River ⓘ
hasReservoir Taylor Park Reservoir ⓘ
height 61 meters ⓘ
~200 feet ⓘ
impounds Taylor Park Reservoir ⓘ
irrigationDistrictServed Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association ⓘ
length ~1,870 feet ⓘ
~570 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
locatedInCounty Gunnison County, Colorado ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Gunnison National Forest ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Taylor River ⓘ
managingAgency United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
managingOrganization United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
nearCity Almont, Colorado ⓘ
Gunnison, Colorado ⓘ
openingYear 1937 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
owner United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Uncompahgre Project ⓘ
primaryUse irrigation ⓘ
project Uncompahgre Project ⓘ
projectBeneficiaryRegion western Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation storage ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
recreationActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
regionServed Uncompahgre Valley ⓘ
reservoirCapacity ~106,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Taylor Park Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea ~2,000 acres ⓘ
riverCrossed Taylor River ⓘ
secondaryUse hydroelectric potential ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
watercourse Taylor River ⓘ
waterManagementFunction flow regulation on Taylor River ⓘ

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

Taylor Park Reservoir → createdBy → Taylor Park Dam ⓘ
Taylor River → hasInfrastructure → Taylor Park Dam ⓘ