# Houghton Lake

Houghton Lake is a lake in [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (71.3 km²), in the [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b91d-71e7-9cc6-01a9c734aa1b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12)

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

Location: 44.33698, -84.72164 (box -84.79404, 44.29916, -84.63274, 44.37593; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 628664](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b91e-7161-858e-59f2e9369edc)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Houghton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cc34-7705-8892-99140334c1d9)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Houghton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-efe5-76a4-8ef8-3b2f3f69f68b)
  - [shape of Houghton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cc34-7705-8892-99140334c1d9)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 71250350.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b91d-71e7-9cc6-01a8854a8521)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5004-757f-9d40-efd77b790fbf)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1763-7620-b6d4-7aeb4726ec93)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12)
  - [Denton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6dfc-776c-a3da-9c10277056e8)
  - [Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7623-7740-ba59-9fdbeb872a71)
  - [Markey Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7734-7393-a65d-a61f6abe961a)
  - [Roscommon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-799d-74e7-904c-bb99a73e94c4)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Houghton Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q3214934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3214934) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 628664](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/628664) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.33698&mlon=-84.72164#map=14/44.33698/-84.72164) (44.33698, -84.72164)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.33698,-84.72164)
- [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

- Flowing into it (4; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Backus Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9da-7529-a044-14032f9d6f61)
  - [Denton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b20d-75b8-9aa8-6bd3def8e78b)
  - [Knappen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-baeb-74fe-aa45-38836832e485)
  - [Spring Brook](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ca30-7668-856e-badbd0e9ee2e)
- Places within (1; `schema:containedInPlace`):
  - [East Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b338-750d-8de3-ea244a93e4d0)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3214934 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-75aa-73e8-8e83-38d218f08fab)

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Cite as: Houghton Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b91d-71e7-9cc6-01a9c734aa1b
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