Wolf Creek Dam

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Wolf Creek Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, forming Lake Cumberland and playing a key role in regional water management and recreation.

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Wolf Creek Dam canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
constructionResumed 1946 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1941 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsRecreationArea Lake Cumberland recreation area ⓘ
linked to: Lake Cumberland
drainageArea 5,789 square miles ⓘ
elevationOfCrest approximately 805 feet above mean sea level ⓘ
floodControlRole major flood control project on the Cumberland River ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Cumberland ⓘ
hasFunction base-load power support ⓘ
peak power generation ⓘ
hasIssueHistory seepage and foundation leakage concerns ⓘ
height 258 feet ⓘ
impounds Cumberland River ⓘ
length 5,736 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Russell County, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Cumberland River Basin ⓘ
locatedNear Jamestown, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Cumberland River ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearbyCity Russell Springs, Kentucky ⓘ
Somerset, Kentucky ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingDate 1952 ⓘ
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District ⓘ
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Cumberland River multipurpose project system ⓘ
plantCapacity 270 megawatts ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation support ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
recreationUsesSupported boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
regionServed Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
rehabilitationWork major seepage control project in the 2000s ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Cumberland ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 65,530 acres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 6,089,000 acre-feet ⓘ
safetyClassification high-hazard potential dam ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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

Cumberland River → hasDam → Wolf Creek Dam ⓘ
Lake Cumberland → inflow → Wolf Creek Dam ⓘ
Lake Cumberland → createdBy → Wolf Creek Dam ⓘ
Lake Cumberland → impoundedBy → Wolf Creek Dam ⓘ