# Middle Branch River

Middle Branch River is a stream in [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (59.0 km long), in the [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3) watershed; it flows into [Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d68f-7458-93b4-66e979c2bd8b).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf2f-7125-8dbc-f7b9411b1f97>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)

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

Location: 43.97724, -85.10059 (box -85.34220, 43.97707, -85.10007, 44.11965; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 632240](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf30-709f-bf49-389f8d5130e9)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d68f-7458-93b4-66e979c2bd8b)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Middle Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d016-70d8-89b6-d1ada18ffc37)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Middle Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f7d9-72d1-ba10-c4988b88f068)
  - [shape of Middle Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d016-70d8-89b6-d1ada18ffc37)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 59048.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf2f-7125-8dbc-f7b8a6dab54e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-54c9-70b0-a8ee-c393ad2ae3c8)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1770-75da-9116-02c63045a795)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)
  - [Middle Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6098-70ad-adeb-a25c727813e6)
  - [Hartwick Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7193-71b5-8e68-1fd266638f8c)
  - [Marion Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7731-76ee-a586-d7233170bf1e)
  - [Rose Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-799e-76ca-8980-7a3a19f79f9d)
  - [Sylvan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b16-76d6-b951-f04127e0f597)
  - [Highland Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-84fc-72c4-8c18-bf7bd0722c81)
  - [Marion](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-9f92-7571-873e-600f093057df)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Middle Branch River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q6841241](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6841241) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 632240](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/632240) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.97724&mlon=-85.10059#map=14/43.97724/-85.10059) (43.97724, -85.10059)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.97724,-85.10059)
- [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

- Flowing into it (5; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Appleby Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a962-7700-970f-d4a3a344f61a)
  - [Crocker Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b102-7044-bc94-2374f1005bf9)
  - [Franz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b544-74df-b9a5-91a030d7261e)
  - [Hicks Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b84d-7040-b898-4b0e7fb606f2)
  - [West Branch Middle Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce76-7691-8075-77610993a3dc)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6841241 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-760a-7409-85e3-7aa5b7ad561e)

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Cite as: Middle Branch River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf2f-7125-8dbc-f7b9411b1f97
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