Watts Bar Dam

dam in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States of America
Place dam Q4027232
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Watts Bar Dam

Summary

Watts Bar Dam is a dam[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watts Bar Dam is located in Meigs County[3].
  • Watts Bar Dam is located in Rhea County[4].
  • Watts Bar Dam is in the country of United States[5].
  • Watts Bar Dam's instance of is recorded as dam[6].
  • Watts Bar Dam's instance of is recorded as hydroelectric power station[7].
  • Watts Bar Dam's Commons category is recorded as Watts Bar Dam[8].
  • 1939 marks the founding of Watts Bar Dam[9].
  • Watts Bar Dam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.6213, 'lon': -84.7816}[10].
  • Watts Bar Dam's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Tennessee River[11].
  • Watts Bar Dam's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+902'}[12].
  • Watts Bar Dam's nominal power output is recorded as {'unit': 'Q6982035', 'amount': '+174.6'}[13].
  • Watts Bar Dam's drainage basin is recorded as Tennessee River drainage basin[14].
  • Watts Bar Dam's reservoir created is recorded as Watts Bar Lake[15].

Body

Geography

Watts Bar Dam is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Meigs County[3], a county of Tennessee[16], in United States[17], founded in 1836[18] and Rhea County[4], a county of Tennessee[19], in United States[20], founded in 1807[21].

Physical Characteristics

Watts Bar Dam's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+902'}[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include dam[6] and hydroelectric power station[7].

History and Context

1939 marks the founding of Watts Bar Dam[9].

Why It Matters

Watts Bar Dam ranks in the top 7% of dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Form EIA-860M. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . National Inventory of Dams. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Form EIA-860. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Sadads · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Inception
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Meigs County, Rhea County
    Nominal power output {'unit': 'Q6982035', 'amount': '+174.6'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P13333]]: Watts_Bar_hydroelectric_plant, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264283|batch #264283]]"
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