Quabbin Reservoir

E185952

Quabbin Reservoir is a large man-made lake in central Massachusetts that serves as one of the primary drinking water sources for the Boston metropolitan area and is surrounded by protected forest and wildlife habitat.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Quabbin Reservoir canonical 5

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake
drinking water reservoir
reservoir
completedIn 1939
constructionBegan 1930s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy construction of Goodnough Dike
construction of Winsor Dam
damming of the Swift River
drainageBasin Connecticut River watershed
surface form: Connecticut River basin
hasFacility Quabbin Visitor Center
inflow Swift River NERFINISHED
Ware River (diversion)
knownFor high-quality drinking water
restricted public access
locatedIn Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
New England
Swift River Valley
Worcester County, Massachusetts
managedBy Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
maximumDepth over 150 feet
near Belchertown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Petersham, Massachusetts
Ware, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
operatedBy Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
outflow Quabbin Aqueduct
Swift River (controlled releases)
partOf Massachusetts public water supply system
primaryUse municipal water supply
protectedArea Quabbin Reservation
recreation fishing (by permit)
hiking (in designated areas)
wildlife viewing
submergedSettlement Dana, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Enfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Greenwich, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Prescott, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
suppliesWaterTo Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Greater Boston
surface form: Boston metropolitan area

eastern Massachusetts communities
surfaceArea about 25,600 hectares
about 40,000 acres
about 99 square miles
surroundedBy protected forest land
wildlife habitat
volume about 1.56 cubic kilometres
about 412 billion US gallons
waterSystem MWRA water system
wildlife bald eagles
black bears
moose
white-tailed deer

Referenced by (5)

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

Quabbin Reservoir region contains Quabbin Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir region watershedFor Quabbin Reservoir
Wachusett Reservoir connectedTo Quabbin Reservoir
New Salem, Massachusetts adjacentTo Quabbin Reservoir
Belchertown, Massachusetts hasBodyOfWater Quabbin Reservoir