# Big Creek

Big Creek is a stream in [Lyon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-76d7-7152-a332-e410d56d1054), [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.5 km long), in the [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee) watershed; it flows into [Higgins Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b856-7210-b64b-61974b592b43).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf2-743b-8430-ad0f38bf935c>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12) › [Lyon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-76d7-7152-a332-e410d56d1054)

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

Location: 44.49640, -84.77614 (box -84.80346, 44.49608, -84.77565, 44.49804; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621303](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf3-707e-9ef4-4c317fa17737)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Higgins Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b856-7210-b64b-61974b592b43)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c0-75cc-be18-d70061a2a659)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2c0-732c-a846-bc3d0d68c35e)
  - [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c0-75cc-be18-d70061a2a659)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2510.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf2-743b-8430-ad0eec294892)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45f4-76de-9091-8f0a744ec731)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1763-7620-b6d4-7aeb4726ec93)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12)
  - [Lyon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-76d7-7152-a332-e410d56d1054)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Big Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34671343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34671343) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621303](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621303) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.49640&mlon=-84.77614#map=14/44.49640/-84.77614) (44.49640, -84.77614)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.49640,-84.77614)
- [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/Q34671343 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7380-75f4-a15e-44ed78c10454)

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Cite as: Big Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf2-743b-8430-ad0f38bf935c
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