# Big Creek

Big Creek is a stream in [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (18.5 km long), in the [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50) watershed; it flows into [Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2ba-7437-aeaf-7b736adad367).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf9-7194-98d1-2fde82f4f238>

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

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

Location: 46.47827, -87.31292 (box -87.37986, 46.36225, -87.31059, 46.47807; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621308](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf9-7194-98d1-2fe623c79572)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2ba-7437-aeaf-7b736adad367)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c3-773d-b26d-043401fa60ec)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2c1-7322-bde9-f2340cf5d634)
  - [shape of Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4c3-773d-b26d-043401fa60ec)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 18532.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf9-7194-98d1-2fdddc9c27d3)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-45f7-70f2-93ab-0079b1e4ef47)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15b0-773a-ac3f-999b00b0a23a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Chocolay Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-686c-77fc-aaa8-be9d80ac29cf)
  - [Forsyth Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6d-70e4-8bb0-ea3211ef0914)
  - [Sands Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79cd-75bf-b329-dfc31be9205f)
  - [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-690a8fb9e889)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Big Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34671309](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34671309) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621308](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621308) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.47827&mlon=-87.31292#map=14/46.47827/-87.31292) (46.47827, -87.31292)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.47827,-87.31292)
- [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

- Flowing into it (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Peterson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c3be-7693-b864-f5f5d70cc56b)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34671309 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7381-732c-9b00-b7ef25cbdbe8)

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Cite as: Big Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf9-7194-98d1-2fde82f4f238
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