# Gierke Creek

Gierke Creek is a stream in [Thompson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f26-7196-87b7-19aed5e2a0ef), [Schoolcraft County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5db8-742e-a771-aed84d83e265), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.8 km long), in the [Fishdam River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce3-716b-b1ad-9cb02f3ee575) watershed; it flows into [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b5b6-74c1-a5d9-a63531ab1b19>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Schoolcraft County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5db8-742e-a771-aed84d83e265) › [Thompson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f26-7196-87b7-19aed5e2a0ef)

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

Location: 45.84887, -86.33875 (box -86.36725, 45.84899, -86.33583, 45.85058; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 626795](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b5b7-7631-9898-2051e2fdcc64)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Gierke Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca6d-7449-87e2-97bec8ac1ae9)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Gierke Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ea8c-7064-8c76-9a35348d2f14)
  - [shape of Gierke Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca6d-7449-87e2-97bec8ac1ae9)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2808.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Fishdam River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce3-716b-b1ad-9cb02f3ee575)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b5b6-74c1-a5d9-a634e59ec453)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4d6b-75b4-8c8a-0a552c7d3365)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1649-75a0-a083-dc63c00d245a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Schoolcraft County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5db8-742e-a771-aed84d83e265)
  - [Thompson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f26-7196-87b7-19aed5e2a0ef)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Gierke Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34761615](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34761615) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 626795](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/626795) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.84887&mlon=-86.33875#map=14/45.84887/-86.33875) (45.84887, -86.33875)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.84887,-86.33875)
- [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/Q34761615 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-749c-7381-b436-1c19845bb29b)

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Cite as: Gierke Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b5b6-74c1-a5d9-a63531ab1b19
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