El Vado Dam
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El Vado Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Rio Chama in New Mexico, creating El Vado Lake for water storage, irrigation, and recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Vado Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10078476 — 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: El Vado Dam Context triple: [Rio Chama, hasDam, El Vado Dam]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
Abiquiu Dam
Abiquiu Dam is a major earthen flood-control and water-storage dam on the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico, forming Abiquiu Lake and supporting regional water management and recreation.
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E.
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.
- 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: El Vado Dam Target entity description: El Vado Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Rio Chama in New Mexico, creating El Vado Lake for water storage, irrigation, and recreation.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
Abiquiu Dam
Abiquiu Dam is a major earthen flood-control and water-storage dam on the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico, forming Abiquiu Lake and supporting regional water management and recreation.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
earthfill dam ⓘ reservoir ⓘ state park ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBegan | 1933 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | rolled earthfill ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsReservoir | El Vado Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | irrigation storage for Middle Rio Grande Valley ⓘ |
| hasOutlet | Rio Chama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | El Vado Lake State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
about 200 feet
ⓘ
about 61 meters ⓘ |
| length |
about 1,326 meters
ⓘ
about 4,350 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Mexico
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New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Rio Arriba County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | El Vado Lake State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Upper Rio Grande watershed ⓘ |
| locatedOnWatercourse |
Rio Chama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio Chama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | earthfill ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
El Vado, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
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Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownership | federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rio Grande Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
irrigation
ⓘ
water storage ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 196,500 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | El Vado Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Rio Grande basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
boating
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camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
| totalCapacity | about 196,500 acre-feet ⓘ |
| use | recreation ⓘ |
| waterUse |
flow regulation
ⓘ
irrigation supply ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: El Vado Dam Description of subject: El Vado Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Rio Chama in New Mexico, creating El Vado Lake for water storage, irrigation, and recreation.
Referenced by (1)
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