# Bessey Lake

Bessey Lake is a lake in [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (22.9 ha), in the [Evans Creek-River Raisin (HUC10 0410000201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1efe-73f3-ac62-d2f932862558) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-410a41fc3a64>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5)

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

Location: 42.18791, -84.16859 (box -84.17234, 42.18501, -84.16526, 42.19065; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621190](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab90-73a5-9a07-6f1b1bc4340b)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bessey Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4b2-710f-9f37-484708cf6530)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bessey Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2b3-77ba-ae4a-87c19ad5ae7e)
  - [shape of Bessey Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4b2-710f-9f37-484708cf6530)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 229310.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Evans Creek-River Raisin (HUC10 0410000201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1efe-73f3-ac62-d2f932862558)
- `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-410999e2a074)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45e0-76b0-b99e-321670fd33a3)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-18ed-7065-a99d-e738833f6c35)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5)
  - [Grass Lake Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70bd-7229-83e4-e48d07f17271)
  - [Norvell Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7815-7423-a51e-087da70f83fd)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bessey Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33230878](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33230878) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621190](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621190) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.18791&mlon=-84.16859#map=14/42.18791/-84.16859) (42.18791, -84.16859)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.18791,-84.16859)
- [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/Q33230878 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-737f-776d-8687-5f392c0f16ef)

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Cite as: Bessey Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ab8f-7079-a0ff-410a41fc3a64
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.