Guernsey Dam

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Guernsey Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in eastern Wyoming that creates Guernsey Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management in the North Platte River Basin.

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Label Occurrences
Guernsey Dam canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch-gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
associatedWith Bureau of Reclamation North Platte Project ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1925 ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1927 ⓘ
constructionEra 1920s ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivision State of Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming
county Platte County, Wyoming ⓘ
createsReservoir Guernsey Reservoir ⓘ
crosses North Platte River ⓘ
damType arch-gravity ⓘ
function regulating seasonal flows of the North Platte River ⓘ
supplying irrigation water to agricultural lands in Wyoming and Nebraska ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
height 135 ft ⓘ
about 41 m ⓘ
length about 610 m ⓘ
approx 2,000 ft ⓘ
locatedIn Wyoming ⓘ
eastern Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Guernsey, Wyoming ⓘ
locatedOnRiver North Platte River ⓘ
managesWaterFor North Platte River Basin ⓘ
linked to: North Platte River
material concrete ⓘ
nearCity Guernsey ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Guernsey State Park ⓘ
openingDate 1927 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
ownedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOfProject North Platte Project ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water management ⓘ
regionServed North Platte River irrigation districts ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 71,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Guernsey Reservoir ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state Wyoming ⓘ
usedFor flow regulation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
storage for downstream irrigation ⓘ
watercourse North Platte River ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

North Platte River → hasDam → Guernsey Dam ⓘ
Guernsey Reservoir → createdBy → Guernsey Dam ⓘ
Pathfinder Dam → isUpstreamOf → Guernsey Dam ⓘ
Glendo Dam → isUpstreamOf → Guernsey Dam ⓘ