# Grindstone Creek

Grindstone Creek is a stream in [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.4 km long), in the [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3) watershed; it flows into [Whetstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-687ec9e37af8).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b6e1-7729-8da4-23bbd1e4fc05>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)

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

Location: 43.98752, -85.16893 (box -85.19384, 43.98555, -85.16910, 43.99128; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 627440](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b6e1-7729-8da4-23c4e3ab4828)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Whetstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-687ec9e37af8)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Grindstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-caec-73fe-be4f-8899d33503de)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Grindstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ed28-71cf-ba1c-33f65312f43d)
  - [shape of Grindstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-caec-73fe-be4f-8899d33503de)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2381.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b6e1-7729-8da4-23badf4b3ff5)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4e13-70b5-b434-6795b2f613f9)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1770-75da-9116-02c63045a795)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)
  - [Middle Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6098-70ad-adeb-a25c727813e6)
  - [Sylvan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b16-76d6-b951-f04127e0f597)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Grindstone Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 627440](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/627440) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.98752&mlon=-85.16893#map=14/43.98752/-85.16893) (43.98752, -85.16893)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.98752,-85.16893)
- [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: Grindstone Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b6e1-7729-8da4-23bbd1e4fc05
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