# Benson Creek

Benson Creek is a stream in [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532), [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.8 km long), in the [Nodaway Point-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0418000001)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f26-72d2-95cf-36dfd969113e) watershed; it flows into [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab7e-75a1-a545-675949ff9af3>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a) › [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532)

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

Location: 48.09182, -88.59563 (box -88.63827, 48.08471, -88.59507, 48.09466; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621126](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab7f-7720-a9c8-751c7cc9dd4c)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Benson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4a4-7796-b9d7-fc447be1d05b)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Benson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2aa-7556-b1ff-c7225d72b5e8)
  - [shape of Benson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4a4-7796-b9d7-fc447be1d05b)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3778.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Nodaway Point-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0418000001)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f26-72d2-95cf-36dfd969113e)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab7e-75a1-a545-67583da9b69e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45d1-73d7-8dfb-68963a277b1f)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1923-71fb-aada-d53e5a05907d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a)
  - [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Benson Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 621126](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621126) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.09182&mlon=-88.59563#map=14/48.09182/-88.59563) (48.09182, -88.59563)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=48.09182,-88.59563)
- [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)

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Cite as: Benson Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab7e-75a1-a545-675949ff9af3
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