Wolf Creek Dam
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Wolf Creek Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, forming Lake Cumberland and playing a key role in regional water management and recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolf Creek Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10255771 — 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: Wolf Creek Dam Context triple: [Cumberland River, hasDam, Wolf Creek Dam]
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A.
Tiger Creek Dam
Tiger Creek Dam is a hydroelectric dam on California's Mokelumne River that forms part of the region's water storage and power generation system.
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B.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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C.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water management.
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D.
Tulloch Dam
Tulloch Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Stanislaus River in California that forms Tulloch Reservoir for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation.
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E.
Cache Creek Dam
Cache Creek Dam is a water-control structure on Cache Creek in California that regulates river flow and supports irrigation, flood management, and local water supply.
- 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: Wolf Creek Dam Target entity description: Wolf Creek Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, forming Lake Cumberland and playing a key role in regional water management and recreation.
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A.
Tiger Creek Dam
Tiger Creek Dam is a hydroelectric dam on California's Mokelumne River that forms part of the region's water storage and power generation system.
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B.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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C.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water management.
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D.
Tulloch Dam
Tulloch Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Stanislaus River in California that forms Tulloch Reservoir for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation.
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E.
Cache Creek Dam
Cache Creek Dam is a water-control structure on Cache Creek in California that regulates river flow and supports irrigation, flood management, and local water supply.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete gravity dam
ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| constructionResumed | 1946 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsRecreationArea | Lake Cumberland recreation area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageArea | 5,789 square miles ⓘ |
| elevationOfCrest | approximately 805 feet above mean sea level ⓘ |
| floodControlRole | major flood control project on the Cumberland River ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Lake Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
base-load power support
ⓘ
peak power generation ⓘ |
| hasIssueHistory | seepage and foundation leakage concerns ⓘ |
| height | 258 feet ⓘ |
| impounds | Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 5,736 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Russell County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Cumberland River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Jamestown, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Russell Springs, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Somerset, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 6 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cumberland River multipurpose project system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantCapacity | 270 megawatts ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation support ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| recreationUsesSupported |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rehabilitationWork | major seepage control project in the 2000s ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 65,530 acres ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | 6,089,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| safetyClassification | high-hazard potential dam ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wolf Creek Dam Description of subject: Wolf Creek Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, forming Lake Cumberland and playing a key role in regional water management and recreation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.