# Birch Lakes

Birch Lakes is a lake in [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f), [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.5 ha), in the [Fox River (HUC10 0403011302)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ced-73be-9f12-d3ba434585fd) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8) › [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f)

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

Location: 46.55368, -86.15731 (box -86.15962, 46.55291, -86.15505, 46.55466; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621410](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2d-73b8-9b55-c12da97cd431)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Birch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e3-76b0-ba3c-9033a850bf38)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Birch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2dd-70e1-b9a7-b63cfd66210b)
  - [shape of Birch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c4e3-76b0-ba3c-9033a850bf38)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 34987.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Fox River (HUC10 0403011302)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ced-73be-9f12-d3ba434585fd)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0e2de923b3)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-461d-77e6-8ca1-68cda864520e)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1658-709d-9f9e-9e3621457496)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Lakes

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88270508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88270508) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621410](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621410) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.55368&mlon=-86.15731#map=14/46.55368/-86.15731) (46.55368, -86.15731)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.55368,-86.15731)
- [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/Q88270508 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7385-7686-9de9-e4d2c0db8344)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2)
Cite as: Birch Lakes. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac2c-75d3-88b2-0a0f9e1671c2
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