# Berch Lake

Berch Lake is a lake in [Republic Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7962-70fe-8c35-e9b0d835e537), [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.4 ha), in the [Headwaters Michigamee Creek (HUC10 0403010701)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ca5-7404-bab1-caf404f2939d) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab83-73e1-8ccd-580291b45598>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91) › [Republic Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7962-70fe-8c35-e9b0d835e537)

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

Location: 46.33317, -88.05883 (box -88.06122, 46.33105, -88.05694, 46.33554; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621151](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab84-7323-b6f3-d31db493b812)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Berch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4aa-76ad-9367-32995c1abb0a)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Berch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2ad-7584-b8fa-afe9e1e4ccc5)
  - [shape of Berch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4aa-76ad-9367-32995c1abb0a)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 94313.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Headwaters Michigamee Creek (HUC10 0403010701)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ca5-7404-bab1-caf404f2939d)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab83-73e1-8ccd-580166d65b77)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45d5-746d-aee0-780384549716)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15fe-7199-9f5f-cdd2525a8e1a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Republic Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7962-70fe-8c35-e9b0d835e537)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Berch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88270454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88270454) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621151](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621151) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.33317&mlon=-88.05883#map=14/46.33317/-88.05883) (46.33317, -88.05883)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.33317,-88.05883)
- [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/Q88270454 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-737d-766a-ae65-1857f97e012e)

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Cite as: Berch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab83-73e1-8ccd-580291b45598
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