# French Drain

French Drain is a canal in [Buel Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c67-730a-bdd0-5fb41fcf722c), [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.2 km long), in the [Elk Creek-Black River (HUC10 0409000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ec5-7182-8a6e-d07a8f3e4802) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b554-7190-b15c-ff476d6d9e76>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b) › [Buel Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c67-730a-bdd0-5fb41fcf722c)

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

Location: 43.29002, -82.72576 (box -82.73990, 43.26540, -82.71767, 43.31103; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 626478](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b555-72e9-9c2d-5d2d892a1184)
- `dcterms:type`: [canal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisCanal)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of French Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c9eb-77d9-ae3c-c2f4052656c1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of French Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ea53-7788-a3e5-3d27e9ca148c)
  - [shape of French Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-c9eb-77d9-ae3c-c2f4052656c1)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6221.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Elk Creek-Black River (HUC10 0409000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ec5-7182-8a6e-d07a8f3e4802)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b554-7190-b15c-ff461ebb8df8)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4d1f-7794-8fcf-0b588ead30c1)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-18a1-7476-9a58-4e485664969e)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b)
  - [Buel Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c67-730a-bdd0-5fb41fcf722c)
- `skos:prefLabel`: French Drain

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33193482](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33193482) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 626478](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/626478) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.29002&mlon=-82.72576#map=14/43.29002/-82.72576) (43.29002, -82.72576)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.29002,-82.72576)
- [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/Q33193482 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7494-71e4-b402-ce7cbd0b06ea)

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Cite as: French Drain. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b554-7190-b15c-ff476d6d9e76
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