# Backus Creek

Backus Creek is a stream in [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (18.6 km long), in the [Pine River (HUC10 0407000706)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e4b-752a-93fa-16be1734a3bf) watershed; it flows into [West Branch Pine River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7a-7586-b814-3d95f4e8bb1f).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9db-7140-bc6b-7a90f1b947cf>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c)

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

Location: 44.60724, -83.48914 (box -83.61337, 44.60744, -83.48817, 44.68119; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620412](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9dc-724a-b0a5-a52ffa7f4dd5)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [West Branch Pine River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7a-7586-b814-3d95f4e8bb1f)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Backus Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c3b3-708b-9a1f-9bddb78aba8e)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Backus Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e1d4-739b-9c3d-f10a440bd0c9)
  - [shape of Backus Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c3b3-708b-9a1f-9bddb78aba8e)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 18602.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Pine River (HUC10 0407000706)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e4b-752a-93fa-16be1734a3bf)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9db-7140-bc6b-7a8fd3dc015b)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4495-7181-ab6a-cdb46c475ee4)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-180c-74d7-bc55-00367a175d59)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c)
  - [Gustin Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70e7-751f-8b41-f1c087cd4918)
  - [Millen Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cb1-7394-8677-0a080b9678b2)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Backus Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34647790](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34647790) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620412](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620412) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.60724&mlon=-83.48914#map=14/44.60724/-83.48914) (44.60724, -83.48914)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.60724,-83.48914)
- [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/Q34647790 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7357-75b6-bf42-ef389a91c29c)

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Cite as: Backus Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9db-7140-bc6b-7a90f1b947cf
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.