Falls Lake Dam

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earthen dam embankment dam gravity dam

Falls Lake Dam is a major earthen dam in North Carolina that impounds the Neuse River to create Falls Lake for flood control, water supply, and recreation.

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Label Occurrences
Falls Lake Dam canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
associatedProtectedArea Falls Lake State Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
basin Neuse River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
completedIn 1981 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1978 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Falls Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
enablesRecreationActivities boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
hasOutletWorks yes ⓘ
hasPurpose fish and wildlife management ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water quality control ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 92 feet ⓘ
impounds Neuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
length approximately 1,915 feet ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInCounty Durham County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake Forest, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Neuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
managesFloodRiskFor Neuse River downstream communities ⓘ
openedIn 1981 ⓘ
operatedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
partOf Neuse River water resources system NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfProject Falls Lake Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesWaterSupplyFor Durham, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatesFlowTo Neuse River downstream ⓘ
reservoirName Falls Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirNormalPoolArea approximately 12,400 acres ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength approximately 175 miles ⓘ
upstreamFrom Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterSourceFor Falls Lake State Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Falls Lake, North Carolina → formedBy → Falls Lake Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Falls Lake