# Howard Lake

Howard Lake is a lake in [Schoolcraft Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79d8-72c9-a025-515cf9f7877a), [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (47.9 ha), in the [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b927-7383-9e31-fc8d0b3f9b5b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3) › [Schoolcraft Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79d8-72c9-a025-515cf9f7877a)

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

Location: 42.08030, -85.59046 (box -85.59693, 42.07547, -85.58372, 42.08505; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 628694](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b927-7383-9e31-fc95731ab582)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Howard Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cc37-72d7-85f0-4458b7bfc04d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Howard Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-efea-7347-b769-ba31b7a08935)
  - [shape of Howard Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cc37-72d7-85f0-4458b7bfc04d)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 478870.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b927-7383-9e31-fc8ca98fe6df)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5009-7707-bba2-f4f565152c45)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1687-7260-adce-8db144ef7476)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [Schoolcraft Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79d8-72c9-a025-515cf9f7877a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Howard Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q87778587](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87778587) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 628694](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/628694) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.08030&mlon=-85.59046#map=14/42.08030/-85.59046) (42.08030, -85.59046)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.08030,-85.59046)
- [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/Q87778587 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-75aa-73e8-8e83-38e4d81049a3)

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Cite as: Howard Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b927-7383-9e31-fc8d0b3f9b5b
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.