# Murphy Creek

Murphy Creek is a stream in [McMillan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-774e-71b1-9a0c-1325186bd6d8), [Luce County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3973ec5773e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (34.3 km long), in the [Tahquamenon River (HUC10 0402020205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c88-71ed-8ad3-ece6a5751c56) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c131-743b-a2b1-b69962f547d3>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Luce County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3973ec5773e) › [McMillan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-774e-71b1-9a0c-1325186bd6d8)

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

Location: 46.45612, -85.28122 (box -85.53369, 46.44673, -85.27974, 46.47587; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 633137](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c132-7774-953b-d5147c9bac74)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Murphy Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d14d-7168-850c-3a4f09915a75)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Murphy Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f8bc-7205-993a-622d45df92a6)
  - [shape of Murphy Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d14d-7168-850c-3a4f09915a75)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 34261.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Tahquamenon River (HUC10 0402020205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c88-71ed-8ad3-ece6a5751c56)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c131-743b-a2b1-b6981d8ad272)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5644-7235-8655-cea22db7accd)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15e0-707d-a28c-2d609324bec6)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Luce County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c41-7728-b7f8-b3973ec5773e)
  - [McMillan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-774e-71b1-9a0c-1325186bd6d8)
- `skos:altLabel`: West Branch Murphy Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Murphy Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 633137](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/633137) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.45612&mlon=-85.28122#map=14/46.45612/-85.28122) (46.45612, -85.28122)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.45612,-85.28122)
- [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 (2; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Atwood Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a9a7-714d-9aa3-43ba6a74888e)
  - [North Branch Murphy Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20c-774e-99d7-b390243dc474)

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Cite as: Murphy Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c131-743b-a2b1-b69962f547d3
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