# Lake Besser

Lake Besser is a reservoir in [Alpena](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-96f5-7465-b4bc-603c24b8b675), [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000606)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e39-73ea-9fc1-9bc8ccc54889) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-40f9626e8500>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d) › [Alpena](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-96f5-7465-b4bc-603c24b8b675)

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

Location: 45.07168, -83.43748 (box -83.43748, 45.07168, -83.43748, 45.07168; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621189](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-41087c792358)
- `dcterms:type`: [reservoir](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisReservoir)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Lake Besser](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2b3-77ba-ae4a-87bbc9cf941a)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Lake Besser](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2b3-77ba-ae4a-87bbc9cf941a)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000606)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e39-73ea-9fc1-9bc8ccc54889)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-40f87eabe5de)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45e0-76b0-b99e-3213daed7cfa)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17f8-72e5-b551-f7453a46b41a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d)
  - [Alpena](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-96f5-7465-b4bc-603c24b8b675)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Fletcher Backwater
  - Ninth Street Pond
  - Thunder Bay River Mill Pond
- `skos:prefLabel`: Lake Besser

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 621189](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621189) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.07168&mlon=-83.43748#map=14/45.07168/-83.43748) (45.07168, -83.43748)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.07168,-83.43748)
- [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: Lake Besser. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-40f9626e8500
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