# Failing Creek

Failing Creek is a stream in [Kalkaska Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75fa-7327-a8f4-066307faa722), [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.1 km long), in the [Boardman River (HUC10 0406010505)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e03-70a0-9c77-d8b3cb3d732a) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Boardman River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1af-769f-9479-340c6510424f).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b433-74bd-b6ae-224ed196f93e>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a) › [Kalkaska Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75fa-7327-a8f4-066307faa722)

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

Location: 44.70501, -85.22672 (box -85.22646, 44.70319, -85.16821, 44.71147; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 625736](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b434-7506-8553-38a48a208fb6)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Boardman River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1af-769f-9479-340c6510424f)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Failing Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c965-7262-8391-d787c0165db7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Failing Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-e809-71e5-92d8-130ff0fed4f0)
  - [shape of Failing Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c965-7262-8391-d787c0165db7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6082.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Boardman River (HUC10 0406010505)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e03-70a0-9c77-d8b3cb3d732a)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b433-74bd-b6ae-224d5da61152)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4c12-715d-ba8f-cce03e5a8e36)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17b7-774a-a58c-36327c7cc37d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a)
  - [Kalkaska Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75fa-7327-a8f4-066307faa722)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Failing Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34745219](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34745219) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 625736](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/625736) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.70501&mlon=-85.22672#map=14/44.70501/-85.22672) (44.70501, -85.22672)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.70501,-85.22672)
- [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/Q34745219 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7484-73b6-9481-4441f18f51e2)

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Cite as: Failing Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b433-74bd-b6ae-224ed196f93e
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