Taylor Park Dam
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Taylor Park Dam is an earthfill dam on the Taylor River in Colorado, United States, built for irrigation storage, flood control, and recreation as part of the Uncompahgre Project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taylor Park Dam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7398798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taylor Park Dam Context triple: [Taylor Park Reservoir, createdBy, Taylor Park Dam]
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A.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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B.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
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C.
Burn Mill Dam
Burn Mill Dam is a watercourse or controlled outflow channel associated with Kinghorn Loch in Fife, Scotland.
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D.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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E.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taylor Park Dam Target entity description: Taylor Park Dam is an earthfill dam on the Taylor River in Colorado, United States, built for irrigation storage, flood control, and recreation as part of the Uncompahgre Project.
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A.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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B.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
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C.
Burn Mill Dam
Burn Mill Dam is a watercourse or controlled outflow channel associated with Kinghorn Loch in Fife, Scotland.
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D.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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E.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | earthfill dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBegan | 1935 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | earthfill ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| damType | embankment dam ⓘ |
| floodControlFunction | reduces downstream flooding on Taylor River ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Taylor Park Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
61 meters
ⓘ
~200 feet ⓘ |
| impounds | Taylor Park Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| irrigationDistrictServed | Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
~1,870 feet
ⓘ
~570 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Gunnison County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Gunnison National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Taylor River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Almont, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunnison, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Uncompahgre Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | irrigation ⓘ |
| project | Uncompahgre Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projectBeneficiaryRegion | western Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
irrigation storage ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
| regionServed | Uncompahgre Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | ~106,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Taylor Park Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | ~2,000 acres ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Taylor River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | hydroelectric potential ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| watercourse | Taylor River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterManagementFunction | flow regulation on Taylor River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taylor Park Dam Description of subject: Taylor Park Dam is an earthfill dam on the Taylor River in Colorado, United States, built for irrigation storage, flood control, and recreation as part of the Uncompahgre Project.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.