Pardee Dam
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Pardee Dam is a concrete arch dam in California that forms Pardee Reservoir, providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the Mokelumne River system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pardee Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10151698 — 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: Pardee Dam Context triple: [Mokelumne River, impoundedBy, Pardee Dam]
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A.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
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B.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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C.
Fengman Dam
Fengman Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam on the Songhua River in Jilin Province, China, known for its significant role in regional power generation and flood control.
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D.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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E.
LaBarge Dam
LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
- 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: Pardee Dam Target entity description: Pardee Dam is a concrete arch dam in California that forms Pardee Reservoir, providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the Mokelumne River system.
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A.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
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B.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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C.
Fengman Dam
Fengman Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam on the Songhua River in Jilin Province, China, known for its significant role in regional power generation and flood control.
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D.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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E.
LaBarge Dam
LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete arch dam
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gravity dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| builder | East Bay Municipal Utility District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1927 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Mokelumne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designType | arch-gravity ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Pardee Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | Pardee Hydroelectric Power Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
105 meters
ⓘ
345 feet ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | Camanche Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
1277 feet
ⓘ
389 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| locatedInCounty | Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Valley Springs, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Mokelumne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managesFloodRiskFor | Mokelumne River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mapLocation | Northern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Pardee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | former Governor of California ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| operator | East Bay Municipal Utility District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | East Bay Municipal Utility District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mokelumne River Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerPlantCapacity | 30000 kilowatts ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| providesWaterFor |
agricultural use
ⓘ
drinking water ⓘ industrial use ⓘ |
| purpose | municipal water supply ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 197000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirCatchmentArea | 575 square miles ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Pardee Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceElevation |
173 meters
ⓘ
568 feet ⓘ |
| restrictedUse | no body-contact recreation on reservoir ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | recreation on Pardee Reservoir ⓘ |
| waterConveyance | Mokelumne Aqueduct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pardee Dam Description of subject: Pardee Dam is a concrete arch dam in California that forms Pardee Reservoir, providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the Mokelumne River system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.