# Brown Creek

Brown Creek is a stream in [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a), [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.3 km long), in the [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b) watershed; it flows into [West Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce64-71df-b0bc-9d035d5c580a).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a881-76ed-ba29-13d193a3cd3a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993) › [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place), [schema:RiverBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/RiverBodyOfWater)

Location: 43.74530, -85.15920 (box -85.17159, 43.74526, -85.15790, 43.76790; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 619742](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a882-70a0-ae21-a51619505039)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [West Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce64-71df-b0bc-9d035d5c580a)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Brown Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c338-75c6-975d-e4c743c49da7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Brown Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e165-74d5-a902-a34796b49827)
  - [shape of Brown Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c338-75c6-975d-e4c743c49da7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3292.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a881-76ed-ba29-13d0c53f6f41)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-43f8-72fd-968e-df5924ad170a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-185d-717f-bd87-f17525e43097)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993)
  - [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Brown Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34684929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34684929) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 619742](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/619742) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.74530&mlon=-85.15920#map=14/43.74530/-85.15920) (43.74530, -85.15920)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.74530,-85.15920)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34684929 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7347-71c8-92ba-40e02926ec3c)

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Cite as: Brown Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a881-76ed-ba29-13d193a3cd3a
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