# Birch Lake

Birch Lake is a lake in [Elk Rapids Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e8d-760f-8774-256be27e1ef1), [Antrim County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63ee17c835ce), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (1.3 km²), in the [Threemile Creek-Frontal Grand Traverse Bay (HUC10 0406010507)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e08-76fa-8d33-df236a8c9146) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2a-7129-af5d-46f8dd023395>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Antrim County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63ee17c835ce) › [Elk Rapids Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e8d-760f-8774-256be27e1ef1)

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

Location: 44.93534, -85.38212 (box -85.38980, 44.92831, -85.37629, 44.94362; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621406](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2b-7596-89fc-1cb84f0be02e)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Birch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e1-7098-b2a4-8fd136539257)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Birch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2dc-747b-8c22-8fe3bee4f7d1)
  - [shape of Birch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e1-7098-b2a4-8fd136539257)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 1318618.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Threemile Creek-Frontal Grand Traverse Bay (HUC10 0406010507)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e08-76fa-8d33-df236a8c9146)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2a-7129-af5d-46f7ec6b0702)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-461c-7618-899c-64e4df45f5f7)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17bd-7709-afe7-24d818d7bf84)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Antrim County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63ee17c835ce)
  - [Elk Rapids Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e8d-760f-8774-256be27e1ef1)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88270495](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88270495) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621406](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621406) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.93534&mlon=-85.38212#map=14/44.93534/-85.38212) (44.93534, -85.38212)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.93534,-85.38212)
- [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/Q88270495 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7384-7237-ac14-d4ef466705c2)

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Cite as: Birch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2a-7129-af5d-46f8dd023395
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