Navajo Dam
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Navajo Dam is a large earth- and rock-fill dam in northwestern New Mexico that creates Navajo Lake, providing water storage, irrigation, and flood control for the surrounding region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Navajo Dam canonical | 5 |
| Navajo Dam, New Mexico | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7655746 — 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: Navajo Dam Context triple: [San Juan River, hasDam, Navajo Dam]
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A.
Pueblo Dam
Pueblo Dam is a large multipurpose dam in Colorado that provides water storage, irrigation, and flood control as part of the Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and management system.
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B.
Jemez Canyon Dam
Jemez Canyon Dam is a flood-control and water-management structure on the Jemez River in New Mexico, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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C.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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D.
Roosevelt Dam
Roosevelt Dam is a historic masonry and concrete arch dam on Arizona’s Salt River, built in the early 20th century to provide water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric power for the region.
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E.
La Mesa Dam
La Mesa Dam is a major water reservoir in Quezon City, Philippines, that supplies a significant portion of Metro Manila’s drinking water.
- 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: Navajo Dam Target entity description: Navajo Dam is a large earth- and rock-fill dam in northwestern New Mexico that creates Navajo Lake, providing water storage, irrigation, and flood control for the surrounding region.
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A.
Pueblo Dam
Pueblo Dam is a large multipurpose dam in Colorado that provides water storage, irrigation, and flood control as part of the Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and management system.
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B.
Jemez Canyon Dam
Jemez Canyon Dam is a flood-control and water-management structure on the Jemez River in New Mexico, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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C.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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D.
Roosevelt Dam
Roosevelt Dam is a historic masonry and concrete arch dam on Arizona’s Salt River, built in the early 20th century to provide water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric power for the region.
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E.
La Mesa Dam
La Mesa Dam is a major water reservoir in Quezon City, Philippines, that supplies a significant portion of Metro Manila’s drinking water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earth-fill dam
ⓘ
rock-fill dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| constructionStartDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| controlsFloodingOn | San Juan River ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createsReservoir | Navajo Lake ⓘ |
| damHeight |
122 meters
ⓘ
402 feet ⓘ |
| damLength |
1,256 meters
ⓘ
4,120 feet ⓘ |
| damVolume | 26,000,000 cubic yards ⓘ |
| designedFor | long-term water storage ⓘ |
| elevationAtCrest | 6,108 feet ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
earth
ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
river regulation
ⓘ
support of fish and wildlife habitat flows ⓘ support of municipal and industrial water supply ⓘ |
| hasOutletWorks | yes ⓘ |
| isUpstreamComponentOf |
Colorado River Storage Project system
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Storage and Regulation System
|
| locatedIn |
San Juan County, New Mexico
ⓘ
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Colorado River Basin ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | San Juan River ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf | Farmington, New Mexico ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| nearestCommunity |
Navajo Dam, New Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Navajo Dam
|
| openingDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOfProject |
Colorado River Storage Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Storage and Regulation System
|
| providesWaterTo |
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
ⓘ
San Juan River Basin irrigation projects ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| recreationArea |
Navajo Lake State Park (New Mexico)
ⓘ
linked to:
Navajo State Park
|
| regionServed |
San Juan River Basin
ⓘ
linked to:
San Juan River basin
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 1,708,600 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Navajo Lake ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 15,600 acres ⓘ |
| spillwayCapacity | 34,000 cubic feet per second ⓘ |
| spillwayType | concrete chute spillway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Navajo Dam Description of subject: Navajo Dam is a large earth- and rock-fill dam in northwestern New Mexico that creates Navajo Lake, providing water storage, irrigation, and flood control for the surrounding region.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Navajo Dam
linked to: Navajo Dam