Imperial Dam
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Imperial Dam is a major diversion dam on the lower Colorado River in the southwestern United States that supplies irrigation water to agricultural regions in Arizona and California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial Dam canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete dam
ⓘ
diversion dam ⓘ gravity dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| constructionStart | 1936 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Colorado River ⓘ |
| designedFor | sediment control ⓘ |
| elevation | about 130 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| feeds |
All-American Canal
ⓘ
Gila Gravity Main Canal ⓘ Gila Gravity Main Canal ⓘ
surface form:
Yuma Main Canal
|
| function | diverts Colorado River water into irrigation canals ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
desilting works
ⓘ
headworks of All-American Canal ⓘ headworks of Gila Gravity Main Canal ⓘ headworks of Yuma Main Canal ⓘ sluice gates ⓘ spillway ⓘ |
| locatedDownstreamOf |
Davis Dam
ⓘ
Hoover Dam ⓘ Parker Dam ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Imperial County ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial County, California
Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf | Yuma, Arizona ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| namedAfter | Imperial Valley ⓘ |
| near |
Winterhaven, California
ⓘ
Yuma, Arizona ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf | Lower Colorado River Project ⓘ |
| purpose |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
irrigation water diversion ⓘ |
| region |
Colorado River
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Colorado River
|
| river | Colorado River ⓘ |
| riverMile | about 49 miles upstream of the Colorado River–Gulf of California limitrophe line ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Bard Valley, California
ⓘ
Imperial Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Valley, California
Yuma County Water Users’ Association lands ⓘ Lower Colorado River Project ⓘ
surface form:
Yuma Project, Arizona
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| waterSourceFor | over 500,000 acres of farmland ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.