# Kniss Lake

Kniss Lake is a lake in [Oliver Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7835-77e0-9cd8-d986c369f431), [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.8 ha), in the [North Branch Manistee River-Manistee River (HUC10 0406010301)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dde-7298-8321-a40371aa179c) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-baf1-7224-9fa3-e8f7f8e6f34a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a) › [Oliver Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7835-77e0-9cd8-d986c369f431)

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

Location: 44.68056, -85.04483 (box -85.04754, 44.67947, -85.04195, 44.68154; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 629821](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-baf1-7224-9fa3-e900b24583ae)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Kniss Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cd6f-7557-92d2-1eeb5abd68f0)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Kniss Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f261-76e6-b2a1-86a42a75d95d)
  - [shape of Kniss Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cd6f-7557-92d2-1eeb5abd68f0)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 37927.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [North Branch Manistee River-Manistee River (HUC10 0406010301)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dde-7298-8321-a40371aa179c)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-baf1-7224-9fa3-e8f66a0bf184)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5183-763c-8baa-f7cb2a0dbbfa)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1783-76d1-9446-5696fe940512)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalkaska County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbc-76a7-9cd6-a573389e3d9a)
  - [Oliver Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7835-77e0-9cd8-d986c369f431)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Kniss Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88274759](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88274759) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 629821](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/629821) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.68056&mlon=-85.04483#map=14/44.68056/-85.04483) (44.68056, -85.04483)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.68056,-85.04483)
- [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/Q88274759 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-75c5-751b-b7dc-e4806d59f3b8)

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Cite as: Kniss Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-baf1-7224-9fa3-e8f7f8e6f34a
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