# Desmond Creek

Desmond Creek is a stream in [Clearwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-685b-77fc-9083-e805f9614362), [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.8 km long), in the [Elk River (HUC10 0406010504)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e00-721e-ac9e-dccb4b437087) watershed; it flows into [Lake Skegemog](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c92d-72a6-a236-816c2dc31036).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b215-702a-82fe-a374c709e162>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a) › [Clearwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-685b-77fc-9083-e805f9614362)

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

Location: 44.79223, -85.29589 (box -85.29629, 44.78002, -85.27504, 44.79224; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 624578](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b215-702a-82fe-a37d0c48efc1)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Skegemog](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c92d-72a6-a236-816c2dc31036)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Desmond Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c819-71a3-9eb6-6c510cdcb28a)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Desmond Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e5e2-71c3-8019-2bdd26efade3)
  - [shape of Desmond Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c819-71a3-9eb6-6c510cdcb28a)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2783.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Elk River (HUC10 0406010504)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e00-721e-ac9e-dccb4b437087)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b215-702a-82fe-a3735db9b5b6)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4a95-747c-99d8-fb54b28d78e2)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17b5-700c-8135-19d5a988d879)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a)
  - [Clearwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-685b-77fc-9083-e805f9614362)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Desmond Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34725881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34725881) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 624578](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/624578) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.79223&mlon=-85.29589#map=14/44.79223/-85.29589) (44.79223, -85.29589)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.79223,-85.29589)
- [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/Q34725881 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7460-7709-ae2f-a0473264cd7f)

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Cite as: Desmond Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b215-702a-82fe-a374c709e162
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