# Melvin Creek

Melvin Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (12.8 km long), in the [Black River (HUC10 0405000202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d3e-7400-8f66-080bbd83c399) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf00-764c-93ad-535496fe5d96>

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: 42.42281, -86.04280 (box -86.04162, 42.39034, -85.93910, 42.42358; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 632085](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf00-764c-93ad-535d95dcac1e)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Melvin Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cff9-70d6-9591-48c22ba9f7ba)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Melvin Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f5c8-7410-b4cd-bc282036becd)
  - [shape of Melvin Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-cff9-70d6-9591-48c22ba9f7ba)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 12758.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Black River (HUC10 0405000202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d3e-7400-8f66-080bbd83c399)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf00-764c-93ad-5353577eb9e0)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-54a3-77bb-9f83-29997a42bc17)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16be-7606-abc8-ef3a282c6be2)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0)
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Bloomingdale Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c24-733d-88c2-931c33568691)
  - [Columbia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d9d-700e-bbd7-6c38675c79a4)
  - [Lee Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-86f9-731c-a148-3964a4895e25)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Melvin Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 632085](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/632085) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.42281&mlon=-86.04280#map=14/42.42281/-86.04280) (42.42281, -86.04280)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.42281,-86.04280)
- [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: Melvin Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf00-764c-93ad-535496fe5d96
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.