# Butternut Creek

Butternut Creek is a stream in [Eaton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63fa1d7da090), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (12.9 km long), in the [Upper Thornapple River (HUC10 0405000701)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d98-77d6-bdd6-1bafb67c9944) watershed; it flows into [Thornapple River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc2e-75d6-9d2f-935be3226bc0).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae08-707a-901f-46d2a1e9aa40>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Eaton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63fa1d7da090)

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

Location: 42.62365, -84.77499 (box -84.82542, 42.55346, -84.77501, 42.62362; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 622388](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae09-720b-88f4-2a8fac62b9bf)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Thornapple River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc2e-75d6-9d2f-935be3226bc0)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c615-72ea-9ce6-920174cd2410)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e401-7633-9bef-4ee08928e32a)
  - [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c615-72ea-9ce6-920174cd2410)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 12874.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Upper Thornapple River (HUC10 0405000701)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d98-77d6-bdd6-1bafb67c9944)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae08-707a-901f-46d1e66e2d29)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-47ae-75f0-a12b-63c47d89b176)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1734-7363-92d0-8b77bfa2f254)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Eaton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c49-7758-9d39-63fa1d7da090)
  - [Eaton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e77-755a-b52a-46a7ee9ed932)
  - [Benton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7e31-70b4-b768-8650f16e4a02)
  - [Charlotte](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a522-7552-8838-834198e70bcc)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Butternut Creek Drain
  - Claflin Drain
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butternut Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34690691](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34690691) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 622388](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/622388) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.62365&mlon=-84.77499#map=14/42.62365/-84.77499) (42.62365, -84.77499)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.62365,-84.77499)
- [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/Q34690691 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-73a1-7251-b997-44e7132b4a06)

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Cite as: Butternut Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae08-707a-901f-46d2a1e9aa40
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