# Gekeler Drain

Gekeler Drain is a canal in [Novesta Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-781a-75e6-8113-125c12d07096), [Tuscola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d12b8ac1963f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.3 km long), in the [White Creek-Cass River (HUC10 0408020502)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1eb6-7301-a901-615b5c1dc150) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b59d-761e-b5e6-3f58b1844205>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Tuscola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d12b8ac1963f) › [Novesta Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-781a-75e6-8113-125c12d07096)

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

Location: 43.54835, -83.13272 (box -83.14138, 43.53908, -83.11444, 43.55336; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 626709](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b59d-761e-b5e6-3f61057f06b9)
- `dcterms:type`: [canal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisCanal)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Gekeler Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca5f-73cb-83e4-95182e4c3f3f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Gekeler Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ea7c-7740-9bac-274fd10e97d6)
  - [shape of Gekeler Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca5f-73cb-83e4-95182e4c3f3f)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3314.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [White Creek-Cass River (HUC10 0408020502)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1eb6-7301-a901-615b5c1dc150)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b59d-761e-b5e6-3f57bc524526)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4d58-759a-8ffc-fe0db92a06e0)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-188c-737c-8190-f1e1e9e4fdf5)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Tuscola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5952-7651-8dce-d12b8ac1963f)
  - [Novesta Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-781a-75e6-8113-125c12d07096)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Gekeler Drain

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33194014](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33194014) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 626709](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/626709) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.54835&mlon=-83.13272#map=14/43.54835/-83.13272) (43.54835, -83.13272)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.54835,-83.13272)
- [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/Q33194014 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7499-72dd-b6b7-a45ec1472199)

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Cite as: Gekeler Drain. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b59d-761e-b5e6-3f58b1844205
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