# Helps Creek

Helps Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.7 km long), in the [West Branch Ford River-Ford River (HUC10 0403010901)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cc0-742e-a4ca-d4850f60f14c) watershed; it flows into [South Branch Ford River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c995-7548-8224-ba7ed6139110).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b81a-70bb-91b9-7051d28264f4>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

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

Location: 45.93162, -87.59291 (box -87.62227, 45.93167, -87.59302, 45.93696; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 628069](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b81a-70bb-91b9-705a6a97bdd6)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [South Branch Ford River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c995-7548-8224-ba7ed6139110)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Helps Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cbbf-74af-866e-72d81e514bd7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Helps Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-edb3-74d4-be03-aeba17749c7f)
  - [shape of Helps Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cbbf-74af-866e-72d81e514bd7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2742.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Ford River-Ford River (HUC10 0403010901)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cc0-742e-a4ca-d4850f60f14c)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b81a-70bb-91b9-7050ded765c1)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4f23-7775-b46b-a63096fd8018)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-161f-7593-97c5-64bc2e5ad8da)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e)
  - [Menominee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fd4c3607881)
  - [Breen Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c44-757a-8bae-47d3ec984bb0)
  - [Spalding Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a81-7121-99ca-c1ebac43fa75)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Helps Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 628069](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/628069) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.93162&mlon=-87.59291#map=14/45.93162/-87.59291) (45.93162, -87.59291)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.93162,-87.59291)
- [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: Helps Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b81a-70bb-91b9-7051d28264f4
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