# Butterfield Creek

Butterfield Creek is a stream in [Wilson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cc1-77a8-b471-438e06faf69e), [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (11.2 km long), in the [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e36-7028-a349-27b491f25a30) watershed; it flows into [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bda6-722f-8c37-39f58aac2585).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae05-72fb-83ec-092add05a6d5>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d) › [Wilson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cc1-77a8-b471-438e06faf69e)

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

Location: 45.00446, -83.55609 (box -83.64055, 44.98377, -83.55634, 45.01329; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 622380](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae05-72fb-83ec-09322ff7ebc2)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bda6-722f-8c37-39f58aac2585)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butterfield Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c613-7319-af6b-a0d14fd417c1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butterfield Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e3ff-707e-afe6-b4944776ad35)
  - [shape of Butterfield Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c613-7319-af6b-a0d14fd417c1)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 11218.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e36-7028-a349-27b491f25a30)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae05-72fb-83ec-092967f2419f)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-47ac-70b6-a55f-dd7cf7c2f5ef)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17f5-7054-8bad-4d7746ef8ab1)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d)
  - [Wilson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cc1-77a8-b471-438e06faf69e)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butterfield Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34690496](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34690496) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 622380](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/622380) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.00446&mlon=-83.55609#map=14/45.00446/-83.55609) (45.00446, -83.55609)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.00446,-83.55609)
- [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/Q34690496 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-73a0-7670-8d25-6d16d3506c9e)

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Cite as: Butterfield Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae05-72fb-83ec-092add05a6d5
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