Morrow Point Dam
E645572
Morrow Point Dam is a concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado, forming Morrow Point Reservoir as part of the Colorado River Storage Project.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch dam
ⓘ
concrete dam ⓘ double-arch dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBegan | 1963 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| downstreamFrom | Blue Mesa Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forms | Morrow Point Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | Morrow Point Powerplant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Morrow Point Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
143 m
ⓘ
468 ft ⓘ |
| length |
221 m
ⓘ
724 ft ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty |
Gunnison County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montrose County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Curecanti National Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Gunnison River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Upper Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Morrow Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Montrose, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado River Storage Project
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wayne N. Aspinall Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfProject | Upper Colorado River Storage Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRiverSystem | Colorado River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantCapacity | 173 MW ⓘ |
| purpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| region | Western Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 121000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Morrow Point Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 817 acres ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| typeOfConcreteDam | thin double-curvature arch ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Crystal Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourseDam | Gunnison River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.