Sam Rayburn Dam

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Sam Rayburn Dam is a large earthen dam on the Angelina River in East Texas that provides flood control, hydroelectric power, and water storage for the surrounding region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sam Rayburn Dam canonical 3
Sam Rayburn Dam Powerhouse 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs McGee Bend Dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1956 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Sam Rayburn Dam Powerhouse ⓘ
linked to: Sam Rayburn Dam
hasSpillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
height 120 feet ⓘ
impounds Sam Rayburn Reservoir ⓘ
installedCapacity 120 megawatts ⓘ
isPartOf U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control system in Texas ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Town Bluff Dam ⓘ
length 19,430 feet ⓘ
locatedIn East Texas ⓘ
Jasper County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Angelina River ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District ⓘ
namedAfter Sam Rayburn ⓘ
nearCity Jasper, Texas ⓘ
Lufkin, Texas ⓘ
openingDate 1965 ⓘ
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Angelina-Neches River Basin projects ⓘ
providesFloodControlFor Neches River basin ⓘ
lower Angelina River basin ⓘ
providesWaterSupplyTo industrial users in East Texas ⓘ
municipal users in East Texas ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed East Texas ⓘ
lower Neches River basin ⓘ
linked to: Neches River basin
regulatesFlowOf Angelina River ⓘ
reservoirName Sam Rayburn Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 114,500 acres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 3,997,600 acre-feet ⓘ
supportsRecreation boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Sam Rayburn Reservoir → createdBy → Sam Rayburn Dam ⓘ
Sam Rayburn Reservoir → hasDam → Sam Rayburn Dam ⓘ
Angelina River → associatedWith → Sam Rayburn Dam ⓘ
Sam Rayburn Dam → hasPowerPlant → Sam Rayburn Dam Powerhouse ⓘ
linked to: Sam Rayburn Dam