# Black River

Black River is a stream in [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.1 km long), in the [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131) watershed; it flows into [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac6a-73e2-a04d-43ece2f426f8>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)

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

Location: 42.40225, -86.28447 (box -86.28467, 42.40205, -86.25077, 42.41790; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621523](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac6b-735d-aff6-d63bedd2685b)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Black River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c501-7336-955a-f5b90f83f67f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Black River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e2fb-7619-92a2-f96a62dda239)
  - [shape of Black River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c501-7336-955a-f5b90f83f67f)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4135.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac6a-73e2-a04d-43ebf4ffe07a)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4644-705a-8727-8ad3ef5c664d)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [South Haven Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a71-7491-8d8e-0c20621fd60a)
  - [South Haven](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-916f-753a-9ef8-b8029fb0fcbd)
- `skos:altLabel`: South Black River
- `skos:prefLabel`: Black River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q4921635](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4921635) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621523](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621523) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.40225&mlon=-86.28447#map=14/42.40225/-86.28447) (42.40225, -86.28447)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.40225,-86.28447)
- [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/Q4921635 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7387-709e-8fde-a3759a942539)

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Cite as: Black River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac6a-73e2-a04d-43ece2f426f8
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