# Butts Creek

Butts Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.3 km long), in the [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b3-72dc-acf2-b3d03940d13b).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b219-7120-ac3f-dec135485810>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

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

Location: 43.78364, -85.12559 (box -85.12608, 43.78354, -85.07152, 43.80201; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 624594](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b21a-740b-aaf5-aef01b3a14b4)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b3-72dc-acf2-b3d03940d13b)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butts Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c81b-7616-8541-f4461baf2dcd)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butts Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e5e4-7084-bf43-fdc4c5dce5e1)
  - [shape of Butts Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c81b-7616-8541-f4461baf2dcd)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6257.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b219-7120-ac3f-dec0d6eece47)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4a99-716e-a141-99872897667c)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-185d-717f-bd87-f17525e43097)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Isabella County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed3ac28dca08)
  - [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993)
  - [Coldwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d8f-74b7-abb3-3057295bc6bf)
  - [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)
- `skos:altLabel`: Devil Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butts Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34690841](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34690841) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 624594](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/624594) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.78364&mlon=-85.12559#map=14/43.78364/-85.12559) (43.78364, -85.12559)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.78364,-85.12559)
- [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/Q34690841 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7460-7709-ae2f-a05535d05775)

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Cite as: Butts Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b219-7120-ac3f-dec135485810
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.