# Battle Creek

Battle Creek is a stream in [Whitewater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6122-70ac-b477-d880fc14679a), [Grand Traverse County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c40-7223-8f53-4e1e1b7748cf), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (8.1 km long), in the [Elk River (HUC10 0406010504)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e00-721e-ac9e-dccb4b437087) watershed; it flows into [Elk Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d03b-77cc-a691-1267a08e7377).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aae2-76a8-ba9c-aaa54cd56d5e>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Grand Traverse County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c40-7223-8f53-4e1e1b7748cf) › [Whitewater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6122-70ac-b477-d880fc14679a)

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

Location: 44.79723, -85.36840 (box -85.36988, 44.73784, -85.35705, 44.79664; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620757](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aae3-75aa-a67b-258364aebbae)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Elk Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d03b-77cc-a691-1267a08e7377)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Battle Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c406-7138-aaf3-4d38a324c998)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Battle Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e221-7546-bcf3-de07cb13529c)
  - [shape of Battle Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c406-7138-aaf3-4d38a324c998)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 8094.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Elk River (HUC10 0406010504)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e00-721e-ac9e-dccb4b437087)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aae2-76a8-ba9c-aaa44fcee45c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4500-7537-b0d2-fef81d4b6284)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17b5-700c-8135-19d5a988d879)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Grand Traverse County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c40-7223-8f53-4e1e1b7748cf)
  - [Whitewater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6122-70ac-b477-d880fc14679a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Battle Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34653357](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34653357) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620757](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620757) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.79723&mlon=-85.36840#map=14/44.79723/-85.36840) (44.79723, -85.36840)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.79723,-85.36840)
- [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/Q34653357 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7363-76ad-8248-c303e90d006c)

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Cite as: Battle Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aae2-76a8-ba9c-aaa54cd56d5e
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