# Boston Creek

Boston Creek is a stream in [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (12.0 km long), in the [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-acd9-727a-a79f-aef71b38c22a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)

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

Location: 47.19993, -88.61818 (box -88.61895, 47.14888, -88.52850, 47.20180; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 621755](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-acda-7047-b933-5fdb04cebd2c)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Boston Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c53f-73a5-985c-74f717ea2c49)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Boston Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e333-77d3-b025-b0ecec73e406)
  - [shape of Boston Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c53f-73a5-985c-74f717ea2c49)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 12043.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-acd9-727a-a79f-aef61566e035)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4693-7337-9d9c-16575a5a75ed)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-157f-77fc-b2ca-49005e06e599)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Hancock Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6047-7563-bba2-dc2cfa2ad827)
  - [Franklin Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6fdf-7313-8c3b-832e93966e83)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Boston Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 621755](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/621755) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.19993&mlon=-88.61818#map=14/47.19993/-88.61818) (47.19993, -88.61818)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.19993,-88.61818)
- [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`):
  - [Lily Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bbd8-7474-a283-8396457bfbf3)

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Cite as: Boston Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-acd9-727a-a79f-aef71b38c22a
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