Waddell Dam

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Waddell Dam is a major dam in Arizona that impounds the Agua Fria River to form Lake Pleasant, a key water storage and recreation reservoir for the Phoenix metropolitan area.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Waddell Dam 1
Waddell Dam canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity arch dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
associatedWith Central Arizona Project ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
Dams in Arizona ⓘ
completionDate 1927 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1920s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Lake Pleasant ⓘ
crosses Agua Fria River ⓘ
hasFunction regulating flows of the Agua Fria River ⓘ
storing Colorado River water delivered via canals ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant no major hydroelectric generation ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 300 feet ⓘ
impounds Agua Fria River ⓘ
isMajorInfrastructureFor central Arizona water system ⓘ
length about 4,000 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Lake Pleasant Regional Park ⓘ
locatedNear Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ
managingOrganization Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District Number 1 ⓘ
mapFeature Lake Pleasant ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Donald W. Waddell ⓘ
nearCity Morristown, Arizona ⓘ
Peoria, Arizona ⓘ
nearRecreationArea Lake Pleasant Regional Park ⓘ
operator Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District Number 1 ⓘ
owner Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District Number 1 ⓘ
partOf Central Arizona water storage system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
reconstructionCompletionDate 1994 ⓘ
regionServed Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
replacedStructure original Waddell Dam ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 1.1 million acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Pleasant ⓘ
riverBasin Agua Fria River basin ⓘ
linked to: Agua Fria River
status operational ⓘ
usedForActivity boating on Lake Pleasant ⓘ
fishing on Lake Pleasant ⓘ
water sports on Lake Pleasant ⓘ
waterSupplierFor Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Lake Pleasant → createdBy → Waddell Dam ⓘ
Central Arizona Project → hasComponent → New Waddell Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: CAP
linked to: Waddell Dam