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Hoover Dam

hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, United States
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Hoover Dam
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Summary

Hoover Dam is an arch-gravity dam[1]. It draws 19,055 Wikipedia views per month (arch gravity dam category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: American Water Landmark[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mohave County[4], Clark County[5]
  • Country: United States[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Colorado River[7]
  • Instance of: hydroelectric power station[8], tourist attraction[9], embankment dam[10]
  • Architect: Gordon Kaufmann[11]
  • Owned by: Federal Government of the United States[12]
  • Operator: United States Bureau of Reclamation[13]
  • Named after: Herbert Hoover[14], Boulder Canyon[15]
  • Architectural style: Art Deco architecture[16]
  • Inflows: Colorado River[17]
  • Has use: hydroelectricity[18], flood control[19], water storage[20], recreational sport[21]
  • Commons category: Hoover Dam[22]
  • Has part(s): Hoover Dam (AZ)[23], Hoover Dam (NV)[24], Winged Figures of the Republic[25], Hoover Dam Star Map[26]
  • Inception: 1931[27]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Black Canyon of the Colorado[28]
  • Service entry: 1936[29]
  • Official website: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hoover Dam[31]
  • Described by source: Animagraffs[32]
  • Heritage designation: National Historic Landmark[33], National Register of Historic Places listed place[34], Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[35]
  • Date of official opening: 1936[36]
  • Native label: Hoover Dam[37]
  • Different from: Lake Mead Dam[38]
  • Length: 379 m[39]

Why It Matters

Hoover Dam has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Hoover Dam receive?

Honors received include American Water Landmark[3].

Related Entities

Amos Colorado River Herbert Hoover United States United States Bureau of Reclamation

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3WtSCO
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → arch-gravity dam, hydroelectric power station, tourist attraction +1
    Has characteristic → Q570116
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  3. 17w ago · Espandero · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hydraulic head → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+181'}
    Architectural style → Art Deco architecture
    Located in or next to body of water → Colorado River
    Located in → —
    + 48 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Hoover Dam and Black Canyon seen from the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, panorama, Arizona–Nevada.jpg"
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