Davis Dam

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concrete gravity-arch dam dam

Davis Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona that forms Lake Mohave and helps regulate water releases from Hoover Dam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity-arch dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
completedInYear 1951 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1942 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionResumed 1946 ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 35.215°N 114.576°W ⓘ
crestElevation 647 feet above sea level ⓘ
crosses Colorado River ⓘ
damType gravity-arch ⓘ
downstreamDam Parker Dam ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Mohave ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 200 feet ⓘ
approximately 61 meters ⓘ
length 1,600 feet ⓘ
approximately 488 meters ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInCounty Clark County ⓘ
surface form: Clark County, Nevada

Mohave County, Arizona ⓘ
locatedInState Arizona ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
locatedNearCity Bullhead City, Arizona ⓘ
Laughlin, Nevada ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Colorado River ⓘ
managedBy Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
surface form: Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
namedAfter Arthur Powell Davis ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingYear 1951 ⓘ
operator Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
ownedBy Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Colorado River Storage and Regulation System ⓘ
plantCapacity about 255 MW ⓘ
plantCommissioned 1951 ⓘ
plantTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
providesRecreationAccessTo Lake Mohave ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
regulate water releases from Hoover Dam ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region Colorado River ⓘ
surface form: Lower Colorado River
reservoirCapacityTotal about 1,818,300 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Mohave ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 26,500 acres ⓘ
riverMileBelowHooverDam 67 miles ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
supports navigation and downstream water deliveries ⓘ
upstreamDam Hoover Dam ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Lake Mohave → createdBy → Davis Dam ⓘ
Colorado River → hasDam → Davis Dam ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation → hasDams → Davis Dam ⓘ