# Big Creek

Big Creek is a stream in [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001), [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.6 km long), in the [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f) watershed; it flows into [Torch Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf3-707e-9ef4-4c33a11e6544>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c) › [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001)

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

Location: 47.06965, -88.46484 (box -88.46463, 47.06484, -88.42389, 47.06963; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621304](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf7-7109-a29e-fa41064f7079)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Torch Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c0-75cc-be18-d7080c9d7dfb)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2c0-732c-a846-bc4352709c43)
  - [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c0-75cc-be18-d7080c9d7dfb)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3580.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf3-707e-9ef4-4c32860e30ca)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45f4-76de-9091-8f123918d606)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-157f-77fc-b2ca-49005e06e599)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Big Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34671300](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34671300) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621304](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621304) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.06965&mlon=-88.46484#map=14/47.06965/-88.46484) (47.06965, -88.46484)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.06965,-88.46484)
- [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/Q34671300 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7381-732c-9b00-b7e7dbd99736)

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Cite as: Big Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf3-707e-9ef4-4c33a11e6544
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