# Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek is a stream in [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532), [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (7.9 km long), in the [Gratiot River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c39-769e-9095-69041203ae51) watershed; it flows into [East Branch Eagle River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b33f-73dc-ac11-6a7afeb82753).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adc3-77b1-9c76-3ab74bdcb265>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a) › [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532)

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

Location: 47.40214, -88.21483 (box -88.23892, 47.35734, -88.20543, 47.40221; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 622211](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adc4-7005-9cf7-3864b5c015ec)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [East Branch Eagle River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b33f-73dc-ac11-6a7afeb82753)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Buffalo Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c5a4-725e-ab1b-0610964c8e75)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Buffalo Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e3cd-76c4-baf8-bdbfc9006875)
  - [shape of Buffalo Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c5a4-725e-ab1b-0610964c8e75)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7913.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Gratiot River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c39-769e-9095-69041203ae51)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adc3-77b1-9c76-3ab6a78a760e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-477a-72ce-a753-044074396dab)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1582-70b9-b9df-7823ac7dd534)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Keweenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fe0d1e4fc6a)
  - [Houghton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd1-7618-8ec3-65ca0f1f1532)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Buffalo Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 622211](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/622211) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.40214&mlon=-88.21483#map=14/47.40214/-88.21483) (47.40214, -88.21483)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.40214,-88.21483)
- [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)

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Cite as: Buffalo Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adc3-77b1-9c76-3ab74bdcb265
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