Lake Houston Dam
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Lake Houston Dam is a flood-control and water-supply structure on the San Jacinto River that creates Lake Houston, a major reservoir serving the Houston, Texas area.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
flood-control structure ⓘ water-supply structure ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Lake Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Lake Conroe Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
maintains Lake Houston water level
ⓘ
regulates flow of the San Jacinto River ⓘ |
| hasGates | yes ⓘ |
| hasHazardPotential | high (due to downstream development) ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| influencesFloodRiskFor |
Atascocita, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humble, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingwood, Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ northeast Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInfrastructureType |
flood mitigation infrastructure
ⓘ
water resources infrastructure ⓘ |
| isMajorReservoirSourceFor | Houston metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | City of Houston city limits (far northeast) ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | San Jacinto River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Atascocita, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingwood, Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheldon, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | San Jacinto River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Lake Houston Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | City of Houston Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | City of Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Houston regional water supply system ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Houston surface water reservoirs ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ recreation support ⓘ |
| regionServed | Greater Houston area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedReservoir | Lake Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesCity | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
City of Houston water system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
suburban municipalities in Greater Houston ⓘ |
| supportsUse |
drinking water
ⓘ
fishing on Lake Houston ⓘ industrial processing ⓘ recreational boating on Lake Houston ⓘ |
| waterBodyControlled | Lake Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterBodyDownstream | San Jacinto River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.