# Birch Creek

Birch Creek is a stream in [Menominee Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7755-74c7-becc-ed1c6b70b666), [Menominee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fd4c3607881), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.7 km long), in the [Beattie Creek-Frontal Green Bay (HUC10 0403010905)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ccb-70bb-92ab-3a4c76754209) watershed; it flows into [Springer Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ca5e-766a-a945-c99c35242332).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac26-7009-905e-ec652f68a69b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Menominee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fd4c3607881) › [Menominee Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7755-74c7-becc-ed1c6b70b666)

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

Location: 45.18359, -87.57372 (box -87.59118, 45.18684, -87.57361, 45.24578; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621399](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac27-71b8-a3fc-34a65b9b3b52)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Springer Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ca5e-766a-a945-c99c35242332)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e0-71e5-b378-7c1514e4aedf)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2da-7115-be46-903e52d565a8)
  - [shape of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e0-71e5-b378-7c1514e4aedf)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9684.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Beattie Creek-Frontal Green Bay (HUC10 0403010905)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ccb-70bb-92ab-3a4c76754209)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac26-7009-905e-ec64ef3634ad)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4619-7546-aea5-b92835275be7)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-162c-7414-8acf-280404212a3d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Menominee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fd4c3607881)
  - [Menominee Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7755-74c7-becc-ed1c6b70b666)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q19600514](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19600514) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621399](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621399) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.18359&mlon=-87.57372#map=14/45.18359/-87.57372) (45.18359, -87.57372)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.18359,-87.57372)
- [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`):
  - [Hill Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b864-764c-8676-0685ed99ef82)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19600514 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7384-7237-ac14-d4e3b7e6a5d6)

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Cite as: Birch Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac26-7009-905e-ec652f68a69b
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