El Vado Dam

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El Vado Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Rio Chama in New Mexico, creating El Vado Lake for water storage, irrigation, and recreation.

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Label Occurrences
El Vado Dam canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
earthfill dam ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
state park ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1933 ⓘ
constructionMethod rolled earthfill ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir El Vado Lake ⓘ
designedFor irrigation storage for Middle Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
hasOutlet Rio Chama ⓘ
hasRecreationArea El Vado Lake State Park ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 200 feet ⓘ
about 61 meters ⓘ
length about 1,326 meters ⓘ
about 4,350 feet ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea El Vado Lake State Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Upper Rio Grande watershed ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Rio Chama ⓘ
Rio Chama ⓘ
managingAgency United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
material earthfill ⓘ
nearbySettlement El Vado, New Mexico ⓘ
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico ⓘ
openingDate 1935 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
ownership federal government of the United States ⓘ
partOf Rio Grande Project ⓘ
primaryPurpose irrigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 196,500 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName El Vado Lake ⓘ
riverBasin Rio Grande basin ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande Basin
status operational ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
totalCapacity about 196,500 acre-feet ⓘ
use recreation ⓘ
waterUse flow regulation ⓘ
irrigation supply ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Rio Chama → hasDam → El Vado Dam ⓘ
El Vado Lake → createdBy → El Vado Dam ⓘ
El Vado Lake → isImpoundedBy → El Vado Dam ⓘ