# Baw Beese Lake

Baw Beese Lake is a lake in [Hillsdale County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3afdc858403), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (1.7 km²), in the [Headwaters Saint Joseph River (HUC10 0405000102)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0c-76ed-be42-129734b31063) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aaeb-73ad-8da7-cafd671e4e02>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Hillsdale County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3afdc858403)

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

Location: 41.89702, -84.60426 (box -84.61646, 41.88810, -84.58966, 41.90724; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620773](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aaeb-73ad-8da7-cb0673915cb8)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Baw Beese Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c40a-7612-a511-194a1140a495)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Baw Beese Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e225-7138-addb-ce49153890c1)
  - [shape of Baw Beese Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c40a-7612-a511-194a1140a495)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 1744701.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Headwaters Saint Joseph River (HUC10 0405000102)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0c-76ed-be42-129734b31063)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aaeb-73ad-8da7-cafc159044a7)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4505-7243-bd5d-6ebbbf3a7921)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-167f-767c-9787-a180e437b40d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Hillsdale County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3afdc858403)
  - [Cambria Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-687f-7307-906f-1588da87137a)
  - [Hillsdale Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7216-759e-bd96-b62ffd3b35e8)
  - [Jefferson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75e0-7496-b6cc-57952e55c82c)
  - [Hillsdale](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a791-74ec-b6d1-f1e4fe891883)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Baw Beese Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88270354](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88270354) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620773](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620773) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.89702&mlon=-84.60426#map=14/41.89702/-84.60426) (41.89702, -84.60426)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.89702,-84.60426)
- [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/Q88270354 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7363-76ad-8248-c319e88b5fa8)

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Cite as: Baw Beese Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aaeb-73ad-8da7-cafd671e4e02
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