Wickiup Dam

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Wickiup Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Deschutes River in central Oregon that creates Wickiup Reservoir for irrigation water storage and management.

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Label Occurrences
Wickiup Dam canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
earth-fill embankment dam ⓘ
associatedWith Wickiup Reservoir drawdown operations ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
completionYear 1949 ⓘ
constructedBy U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
constructionBegan 1946 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Wickiup Reservoir ⓘ
damType earth-fill ⓘ
embankment ⓘ
designedFor agricultural irrigation supply ⓘ
hasReservoirSurfaceUse seasonal storage ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 100 feet ⓘ
impounds Deschutes River ⓘ
length about 15,000 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Central Oregon ⓘ
Deschutes County, Oregon ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Deschutes National Forest ⓘ
locatedNear La Pine, Oregon ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Deschutes River ⓘ
managesFlowTo downstream Deschutes River ⓘ
managesWaterFor Central Oregon irrigation districts ⓘ
nearbyCity Bend, Oregon ⓘ
openingYear 1949 ⓘ
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
owner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Deschutes Project ⓘ
partOfSystem Deschutes River irrigation infrastructure ⓘ
primaryUse irrigation ⓘ
projectAuthorization Deschutes Project authorization by U.S. Congress ⓘ
purpose irrigation water management ⓘ
irrigation water storage ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 200,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Wickiup Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirUse boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
riverCrossed Deschutes River ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow ⓘ
watercourse Deschutes River ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Wickiup Reservoir → hasDam → Wickiup Dam ⓘ
Wickiup Reservoir → formedBy → Wickiup Dam ⓘ