# Blue Creek

Blue Creek is a stream in [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (16.3 km long), in the [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20) watershed; it flows into [Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9b-7021-9afe-9f56197e4fbe>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)

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

Location: 42.14865, -86.40836 (box -86.40882, 42.10532, -86.28666, 42.14896; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621624](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9b-7021-9afe-9f5f66722a98)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Blue Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c519-701e-9ff6-7e07c176bfde)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Blue Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e310-71d9-9051-0bb5569c0394)
  - [shape of Blue Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c519-701e-9ff6-7e07c176bfde)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 16340.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9b-7021-9afe-9f55982489ea)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4663-7490-af31-e7960e2ad3a3)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b2-7508-8f99-26c1feeb5f12)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)
  - [Bainbridge Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b85-7303-a970-8ae5bc96968a)
  - [Benton Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc1-7698-aa9d-267ec904c3cf)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Blue Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q55605640](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55605640) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 621624](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621624) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.14865&mlon=-86.40836#map=14/42.14865/-86.40836) (42.14865, -86.40836)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.14865,-86.40836)
- [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`):
  - [Yellow Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cfc5-77de-877d-33624c207b0f)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55605640 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-738b-7719-b1b6-bafedfab5577)

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Cite as: Blue Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9b-7021-9afe-9f56197e4fbe
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