Parker Dam

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concrete arch-gravity 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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Parker Dam on the Colorado River 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch-gravity dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parker Dam ⓘ
surface form: Parker Dam on the Colorado River
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
constructionEndDate 1938 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1934 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Lake Havasu ⓘ
crosses Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
damType arch-gravity dam ⓘ
elevationAtCrest approximately 397 feet above sea level ⓘ
feedsAqueduct Central Arizona Project ⓘ
surface form: Central Arizona Project (via upstream storage system)

Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 320 feet ⓘ
approximately 98 meters ⓘ
length approximately 256 meters ⓘ
approximately 845 feet ⓘ
locatedInCounty La Paz County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Bernardino County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInState Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
locatedNear Earp, California ⓘ
Lake Havasu ⓘ
surface form: Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Parker, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearBorderBetween Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingDate 1938 ⓘ
operator Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
ownedBy Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Lower Colorado River water management system ⓘ
partOfProject Parker-Davis Project ⓘ
powerPlantCapacity approximately 120 megawatts ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed central Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Central Arizona

Southern California ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 619000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Havasu ⓘ
reservoirUse industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Parker Dam → alsoKnownAs → Parker Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parker Dam on the Colorado River
Davis Dam → downstreamDam → Parker Dam ⓘ
Colorado River → hasDam → Parker Dam ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation → hasDams → Parker Dam ⓘ