# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [Kent County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d1376a72c2a4), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (22.8 km long), in the [Rush Creek-Grand River (HUC10 0405000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d8d-7098-9688-eef41f6eae00) watershed; it flows into [Waddell Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cdb6-7778-8d1d-13d17cdcf44f).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafd-7130-8634-588ee6ae6bb9>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kent County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d1376a72c2a4)

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

Location: 43.04808, -85.55336 (box -85.55322, 43.04850, -85.43166, 43.10724; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620829](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafe-710b-8ca7-34c7cf9a9c85)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Waddell Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cdb6-7778-8d1d-13d17cdcf44f)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c416-7237-b20f-8ee9210884f7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e22e-73bc-ae0b-574611b1cafc)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c416-7237-b20f-8ee9210884f7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 22764.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Rush Creek-Grand River (HUC10 0405000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d8d-7098-9688-eef41f6eae00)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafd-7130-8634-588dc38060ba)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4513-7660-9b18-c7ac93e81dc5)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1727-71a8-80f9-a15416121c72)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kent County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d1376a72c2a4)
  - [Cannon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6cc6-75f3-8921-1304534b3ae7)
  - [Plainfield Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78dd-7328-bd95-36cf6ed99f10)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34664935](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34664935) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620829](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620829) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.04808&mlon=-85.55336#map=14/43.04808/-85.55336) (43.04808, -85.55336)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.04808,-85.55336)
- [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

- Flowing into it (3; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Armstrong Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a971-76c4-9c5a-750ec69a4a26)
  - [Stout Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cadd-763d-99dd-54cee4530d09)
  - [Waddell Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cdb6-7778-8d1d-13d17cdcf44f)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34664935 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7365-7018-b38c-2577cccb1061)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aafd-7130-8634-588ee6ae6bb9
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