# Butch Creek

Butch Creek is a stream in [Elm River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e98-7035-876c-d834b8acbfcf), [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.9 km long), in the [Misery River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010302)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c33-72b7-a2b0-06595b6203b2) watershed; it flows into [Misery River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bfed-7180-af15-f31950f33803).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adfd-700c-91da-89aec7ec6b6c>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c) › [Elm River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e98-7035-876c-d834b8acbfcf)

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

Location: 46.91493, -88.89319 (box -88.91594, 46.89503, -88.89266, 46.91491; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 622359](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adfd-700c-91da-89b7244a5498)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Misery River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bfed-7180-af15-f31950f33803)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c60b-778b-a469-bb46872d2c23)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e3fa-7656-a80d-bc345c4f0456)
  - [shape of Butch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c60b-778b-a469-bb46872d2c23)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3870.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Misery River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010302)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c33-72b7-a2b0-06595b6203b2)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adfd-700c-91da-89ad3352427c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-47a5-72b3-b052-64b0bad1229a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-157b-7466-8289-6160cfef9cd3)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Elm River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e98-7035-876c-d834b8acbfcf)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butch Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 622359](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/622359) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.91493&mlon=-88.89319#map=14/46.91493/-88.89319) (46.91493, -88.89319)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.91493,-88.89319)
- [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: Butch Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adfd-700c-91da-89aec7ec6b6c
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