Cherry Creek Dam

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Cherry Creek Dam is an earth-fill flood control dam in Colorado that forms Cherry Creek Reservoir, a popular recreation area near Denver.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cherry Creek Dam canonical 1
Cherry Creek Lake Project 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
completedIn 1950 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1948 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Cherry Creek Reservoir ⓘ
crestElevation approximately 5,607 feet above sea level ⓘ
crosses Cherry Creek ⓘ
damType earth-fill embankment dam ⓘ
designedFor protection of Denver metropolitan area from flooding ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Cherry Creek State Park ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 141 feet ⓘ
length approximately 14,300 feet ⓘ
locatedEastOf Denver, Colorado ⓘ
locatedIn Arapahoe County, Colorado ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Denver metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Cherry Creek State Park ⓘ
locatedNear Denver, Colorado ⓘ
managingAgency United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearCity Aurora, Colorado ⓘ
nearTransportationRoute Interstate 225 ⓘ
Parker Road (Colorado State Highway 83) ⓘ
opened 1950 ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
partOf Cherry Creek Lake Project ⓘ
linked to: Cherry Creek Dam
protects Aurora, Colorado ⓘ
Denver, Colorado ⓘ
Englewood, Colorado ⓘ
Greenwood Village, Colorado ⓘ
provides boating opportunities ⓘ
camping opportunities ⓘ
fishing opportunities ⓘ
swimming opportunities ⓘ
wildlife viewing opportunities ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
reservoirName Cherry Creek Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 880 acres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 134,470 acre-feet ⓘ
riverSystem South Platte River basin ⓘ
linked to: South Platte River
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow spillway ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Cherry Creek → hasFeature → Cherry Creek Dam ⓘ
Cherry Creek Dam → partOf → Cherry Creek Lake Project ⓘ
linked to: Cherry Creek Dam