# Merrill Lake

Merrill Lake is a lake in [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a), [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (34.4 ha), in the [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf0a-747d-a7e2-74176ca60582>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993) › [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)

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

Location: 43.80831, -85.15804 (box -85.16365, 43.80532, -85.15169, 43.81214; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 632130](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf0b-74d9-99a2-0b4c67efa4a2)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Merrill Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d000-7776-871f-a14b8690d7c3)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Merrill Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f5ce-73f4-9d19-7f64503827b3)
  - [shape of Merrill Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d000-7776-871f-a14b8690d7c3)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 343983.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf0a-747d-a7e2-7416187607b8)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-54ac-74c1-ab97-60b0c0e323cd)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-185d-717f-bd87-f17525e43097)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993)
  - [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Merrill Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33288880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33288880) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 632130](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/632130) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.80831&mlon=-85.15804#map=14/43.80831/-85.15804) (43.80831, -85.15804)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.80831,-85.15804)
- [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/Q33288880 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7608-75c6-8f88-8e4cc91196cf)

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Cite as: Merrill Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf0a-747d-a7e2-74176ca60582
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.