Whiskeytown Dam
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Whiskeytown Dam is a major earthfill dam in Northern California that creates Whiskeytown Lake as part of the Central Valley Project for water storage, hydroelectric power, and recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whiskeytown Dam canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4957784 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whiskeytown Dam Context triple: [Trinity River Basin, contains, Whiskeytown Dam]
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A.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Libby Dam
Libby Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Kootenai River in Montana that contributes significant power and water management capacity to the Columbia River Basin.
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C.
Lewiston Dam
Lewiston Dam is a concrete structure on the Trinity River in Northern California that forms Lewiston Lake and helps regulate water storage and diversion within the Trinity River Basin.
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D.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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E.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whiskeytown Dam Target entity description: Whiskeytown Dam is a major earthfill dam in Northern California that creates Whiskeytown Lake as part of the Central Valley Project for water storage, hydroelectric power, and recreation.
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A.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Libby Dam
Libby Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Kootenai River in Montana that contributes significant power and water management capacity to the Columbia River Basin.
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C.
Lewiston Dam
Lewiston Dam is a concrete structure on the Trinity River in Northern California that forms Lewiston Lake and helps regulate water storage and diversion within the Trinity River Basin.
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D.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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E.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthfill dam
ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| constructionBegan | 1960 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creates | Whiskeytown Lake ⓘ |
| elevationAtCrest | about 1,210 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| hasHydroelectricPlant | Whiskeytown Powerplant ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Whiskeytown Lake ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | Whiskeytown Dam spillway ⓘ |
| height | about 282 feet ⓘ |
| impounds | Whiskeytown Lake ⓘ |
| length | about 3,220 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern California
ⓘ
Shasta County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Shasta County
|
| locatedNear |
Redding, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Redding
Whiskeytown, California ⓘ |
| managedWith |
National Park Service (for recreation area)
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| managesWaterFor |
Central Valley irrigation
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ |
| material |
earth
ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ |
| namedAfter | historic mining town of Whiskeytown ⓘ |
| opened | 1963 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| ownedBy |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
Trinity River Division of the Central Valley Project ⓘ
linked to:
Central Valley Project
|
| powerPlantCapacity | about 3 megawatts ⓘ |
| purpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| receivesWaterFrom | Trinity River via Clear Creek Tunnel ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| region |
Sacramento River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento River Basin
|
| reservoirCapacity | about 241,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | about 3,200 acres ⓘ |
| reservoirUse |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Clear Creek ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Whiskeytown National Recreation Area ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whiskeytown Dam Description of subject: Whiskeytown Dam is a major earthfill dam in Northern California that creates Whiskeytown Lake as part of the Central Valley Project for water storage, hydroelectric power, and recreation.
Referenced by (5)
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