# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (16.2 km long), in the [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7) watershed; it flows into [Kalamazoo River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ba69-7799-b230-2463ae6b53ac).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafa-7567-a94a-290a542fc157>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0)

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

Location: 42.60808, -85.98864 (box -85.99381, 42.60877, -85.85729, 42.63346; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620826](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafb-73f1-bd16-a1331c8ce9f4)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Kalamazoo River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ba69-7799-b230-2463ae6b53ac)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c414-7667-b011-26222c686d87)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e22d-737a-9b01-e130812634c8)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c414-7667-b011-26222c686d87)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 16194.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafa-7567-a94a-2909c29ef671)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4511-70da-8194-c59e38de58a2)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16e1-7110-8258-ad752e4e7c21)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0)
  - [Heath Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-71bb-73b7-b4d2-9234c1dee5be)
  - [Monterey Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-778a-76a1-ae22-647d518ea134)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34655299](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34655299) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620826](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620826) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.60808&mlon=-85.98864#map=14/42.60808/-85.98864) (42.60808, -85.98864)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.60808,-85.98864)
- [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/Q34655299 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7365-7018-b38c-25718aa69fff)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafa-7567-a94a-290a542fc157
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.