# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6fea-7061-bb9d-3d9d9d1a7554), [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.4 km long), in the [West Branch Ford River-Ford River (HUC10 0403010901)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cc0-742e-a4ca-d4850f60f14c) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Ford River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1fe-779e-84a6-2c0ccae062ca).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab09-7064-a2ad-e9c8ba41b4a2>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e) › [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6fea-7061-bb9d-3d9d9d1a7554)

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

Location: 46.10884, -87.62125 (box -87.67675, 46.10367, -87.62052, 46.10922; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 620841](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab0a-72cb-9c5c-bb1c848f8036)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Ford River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1fe-779e-84a6-2c0ccae062ca)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c41c-764a-bc16-eff6bd224322)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e232-71f7-9816-b995aa8beeac)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c41c-764a-bc16-eff6bd224322)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 5374.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Ford River-Ford River (HUC10 0403010901)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cc0-742e-a4ca-d4850f60f14c)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab09-7064-a2ad-e9c731d16ca3)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-451b-76bc-b994-1f42110f082a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-161f-7593-97c5-64bc2e5ad8da)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e)
  - [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6fea-7061-bb9d-3d9d9d1a7554)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34655333](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34655333) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 620841](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/620841) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.10884&mlon=-87.62125#map=14/46.10884/-87.62125) (46.10884, -87.62125)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.10884,-87.62125)
- [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/Q34655333 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7365-7018-b38c-258f1fd73c35)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab09-7064-a2ad-e9c8ba41b4a2
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