Tioga Dam

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Tioga Dam is a flood-control and water-management structure on the Tioga River in Pennsylvania, forming part of a reservoir system used for recreation and regional water regulation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tioga Dam canonical 4
Tioga Reservoir 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam
flood control structure
basinCountry United States
completedIn 1978
constructionBegan 1971
country United States
crosses Tioga River
designedFor flood damage reduction
flow regulation
formsReservoir Tioga Lake
hasEmbankmentType earth and rock-fill
hasRecreationalActivity boating
camping
fishing
hiking
hasSpillway yes
height 157 feet
48 meters
isUpstreamOf Tioga–Hammond Lakes recreation area
length 1,940 meters
6,360 feet
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
locatedInCountry United States
locatedNear Mansfield, Pennsylvania
locatedOnRiver Tioga River
locatedUpstreamFrom Hammond Dam
managedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers
nearBorderWith New York
opened 1978
operatedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers
ownedBy United States government
partOf Susquehanna River watershed
Tioga–Hammond Lakes project
projectAuthorizedBy U.S. Congress
purpose flood control
recreation
regional water regulation
water management
regionServed north-central Pennsylvania
southern New York
reservoirCapacity 120000000 cubic meters
97,000 acre-feet
usedFor downstream flood mitigation
reservoir-based recreation

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

Tioga River impoundedBy Tioga Dam
Tioga, Pennsylvania hasNearbyFeature Tioga Reservoir
linked to: Tioga Dam
Tioga Lake formedBy Tioga Dam