Salt Springs Dam
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Salt Springs Dam is a hydroelectric and water storage dam on the North Fork of the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada of California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Salt Springs Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10151700 — 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: Salt Springs Dam Context triple: [Mokelumne River, impoundedBy, Salt Springs Dam]
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Crystal Springs Dam
Crystal Springs Dam is a historic concrete gravity dam in San Mateo County, California, that impounds water to create the Crystal Springs Reservoir as part of the San Francisco Peninsula’s water supply system.
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B.
Warm Springs Dam
Warm Springs Dam is a large earth-fill dam in Sonoma County, California, that creates Lake Sonoma for water supply, flood control, and recreation on the Russian River system.
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C.
Brantley Dam
Brantley Dam is a major flood-control and irrigation reservoir structure on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico.
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D.
Rollins Dam
Rollins Dam is a concrete gravity dam in Nevada County, California, that creates Rollins Reservoir for water storage, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation on the Bear River.
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E.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
- 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: Salt Springs Dam Target entity description: Salt Springs Dam is a hydroelectric and water storage dam on the North Fork of the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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A.
Crystal Springs Dam
Crystal Springs Dam is a historic concrete gravity dam in San Mateo County, California, that impounds water to create the Crystal Springs Reservoir as part of the San Francisco Peninsula’s water supply system.
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B.
Warm Springs Dam
Warm Springs Dam is a large earth-fill dam in Sonoma County, California, that creates Lake Sonoma for water supply, flood control, and recreation on the Russian River system.
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C.
Brantley Dam
Brantley Dam is a major flood-control and irrigation reservoir structure on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico.
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D.
Rollins Dam
Rollins Dam is a concrete gravity dam in Nevada County, California, that creates Rollins Reservoir for water storage, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation on the Bear River.
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E.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete arch dam
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hydroelectric dam ⓘ water storage dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| constructionBegan | 1930 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| county |
Amador County, California
NERFINISHED
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Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Salt Springs Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | North Fork Mokelumne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | arch dam ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 332 feet ⓘ |
| impounds | North Fork Mokelumne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 1,260 feet ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInMountainRange | Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| locatedOnWatercourse | North Fork Mokelumne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | Pacific Gas and Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Jackson, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pioneer, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea |
Eldorado National Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanislaus National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1931 ⓘ |
| operator | Pacific Gas and Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Pacific Gas and Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mokelumne River Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | PG&E hydroelectric system in the Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantCapacity | about 44 megawatts ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 141,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Salt Springs Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceElevation | about 3,900 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| spillwayType | overflow spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation water supply
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peaking power generation ⓘ recreation on Salt Springs Reservoir ⓘ |
| watercourseBasin | Mokelumne River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterUse |
agricultural supply support
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municipal supply support ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salt Springs Dam Description of subject: Salt Springs Dam is a hydroelectric and water storage dam on the North Fork of the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.