Wolf Creek Dam

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Wolf Creek Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, forming Lake Cumberland and playing a key role in regional water management and recreation.

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Wolf Creek Dam canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
flood control structure
hydroelectric dam
constructionResumed 1946
constructionStartDate 1941
country United States
createsRecreationArea Lake Cumberland recreation area
linked to: Lake Cumberland
drainageArea 5,789 square miles
elevationOfCrest approximately 805 feet above mean sea level
floodControlRole major flood control project on the Cumberland River
formsReservoir Lake Cumberland
hasFunction base-load power support
peak power generation
hasIssueHistory seepage and foundation leakage concerns
height 258 feet
impounds Cumberland River
length 5,736 feet
locatedIn Russell County, Kentucky
locatedInWatershed Cumberland River Basin
locatedNear Jamestown, Kentucky
locatedOnRiver Cumberland River
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
nearbyCity Russell Springs, Kentucky
Somerset, Kentucky
numberOfTurbines 6
openingDate 1952
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Cumberland River multipurpose project system
plantCapacity 270 megawatts
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
navigation support
recreation
water supply
recreationUsesSupported boating
camping
fishing
water sports
regionServed Kentucky
Tennessee
rehabilitationWork major seepage control project in the 2000s
reservoirName Lake Cumberland
reservoirSurfaceArea 65,530 acres
reservoirTotalCapacity 6,089,000 acre-feet
safetyClassification high-hazard potential dam
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
state Kentucky
turbineType Francis turbine

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Cumberland River hasDam Wolf Creek Dam
Lake Cumberland inflow Wolf Creek Dam
Lake Cumberland createdBy Wolf Creek Dam
Lake Cumberland impoundedBy Wolf Creek Dam