# Dorrance Creek

Dorrance Creek is a stream in [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (17.2 km long), in the [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b) watershed; it flows into [Indian Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b992-7169-abc0-51b576a45b38).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b2b7-7015-975c-59c91134cd45>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)

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

Location: 42.16227, -85.46389 (box -85.46322, 42.16092, -85.32907, 42.22553; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 624803](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b2b8-71e9-bb8e-c8f401ba3ce7)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Indian Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b992-7169-abc0-51b576a45b38)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Dorrance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c847-73e2-82bc-c5d90d820d66)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Dorrance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e760-7705-8157-92878e13969e)
  - [shape of Dorrance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c847-73e2-82bc-c5d90d820d66)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 17215.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b2b7-7015-975c-59c8770a341d)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4ad9-70c3-9394-b3956e9be5ef)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1687-7260-adce-8db144ef7476)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [Climax Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d76-75c5-9988-82a0b1ae42e5)
  - [Pavilion Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cb4-769a-84b7-d4b3034f77f3)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Dorrance Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 624803](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/624803) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.16227&mlon=-85.46389#map=14/42.16227/-85.46389) (42.16227, -85.46389)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.16227,-85.46389)
- [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: Dorrance Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b2b7-7015-975c-59c91134cd45
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