# Gaffney Creek

Gaffney Creek is a stream in [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (10.9 km long), in the [Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000606)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e39-73ea-9fc1-9bc8ccc54889) watershed; it flows into [Thunder Bay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc45-7571-ba80-8c923b499833).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b574-701d-9e4e-4c6222ab9c86>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d)

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

Location: 45.12057, -83.72221 (box -83.77156, 45.11767, -83.72286, 45.17925; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 626584](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b574-701d-9e4e-4c6bcc125558)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Thunder Bay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc45-7571-ba80-8c923b499833)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Gaffney Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca49-7228-8499-c746c27964bf)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Gaffney Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ea65-754a-bf8e-e972afb5211c)
  - [shape of Gaffney Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca49-7228-8499-c746c27964bf)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 10857.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000606)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e39-73ea-9fc1-9bc8ccc54889)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b574-701d-9e4e-4c610e422c79)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4d39-73f6-81d0-a05a0f178944)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17f8-72e5-b551-f7453a46b41a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alpena County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ba1-75cb-ad10-803f5773865d)
  - [Long Rapids Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-76c3-713d-be85-2319472ab4d5)
  - [Wellington Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c28-72e9-b4b6-5dea8f11e9a4)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Gaffney Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 626584](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/626584) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.12057&mlon=-83.72221#map=14/45.12057/-83.72221) (45.12057, -83.72221)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.12057,-83.72221)
- [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: Gaffney Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b574-701d-9e4e-4c6222ab9c86
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