# McPherson Drain

McPherson Drain is a canal in [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (7.3 km long), in the [Elk Creek-Black River (HUC10 0409000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ec5-7182-8a6e-d07a8f3e4802) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-beeb-73f4-a88b-40ec0ab6c821>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b)

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

Location: 43.40641, -82.73549 (box -82.76316, 43.37742, -82.72248, 43.42428; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 632019](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-beeb-73f4-a88b-40f5e7e31352)
- `dcterms:type`: [canal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisCanal)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of McPherson Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cfec-723f-ad1f-43ba3e9696bf)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of McPherson Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f5ba-740a-abd2-067ee3c1f8cb)
  - [shape of McPherson Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cfec-723f-ad1f-43ba3e9696bf)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7278.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Elk Creek-Black River (HUC10 0409000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ec5-7182-8a6e-d07a8f3e4802)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-beeb-73f4-a88b-40eb8ff50c4c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5492-70bb-aeca-d0e81ae19014)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-18a1-7476-9a58-4e485664969e)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Sanilac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5953-7311-ac48-68da826dd41b)
  - [Watertown Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6078-7758-859e-1e807ad64c24)
  - [Washington Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c06-7486-9746-f10b806ec3c2)
- `skos:prefLabel`: McPherson Drain

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33206458](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33206458) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 632019](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/632019) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.40641&mlon=-82.73549#map=14/43.40641/-82.73549) (43.40641, -82.73549)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.40641,-82.73549)
- [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/Q33206458 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7606-747d-a6fd-df85e60238a4)

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Cite as: McPherson Drain. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-beeb-73f4-a88b-40ec0ab6c821
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