# North Branch Denton Creek

North Branch Denton Creek is a stream in [Backus Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b83-7724-9319-cdc9537ea95c), [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.7 km long), in the [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee) watershed; it flows into [Shadow Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c835-74ab-91bb-4c8e6b632a1a).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b7-77f8-a7cb-1c46d5ce7ccc>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12) › [Backus Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b83-7724-9319-cdc9537ea95c)

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

Location: 44.28863, -84.59724 (box -84.59749, 44.28262, -84.51263, 44.29773; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 633505](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b8-7253-94f1-6d7cb624c502)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Shadow Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c835-74ab-91bb-4c8e6b632a1a)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of North Branch Denton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1a0-71d3-85b3-f7f3cee93d35)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of North Branch Denton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fae8-76e1-a7d0-26bdaa13a53a)
  - [shape of North Branch Denton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1a0-71d3-85b3-f7f3cee93d35)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9729.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Houghton Lake-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc2-76ed-b2fa-c19b79a51aee)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b7-77f8-a7cb-1c457a1e7dd6)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-56b4-70b6-9647-bdd12dff2aff)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1763-7620-b6d4-7aeb4726ec93)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Roscommon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30c61f07cf12)
  - [Backus Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b83-7724-9319-cdc9537ea95c)
- `skos:prefLabel`: North Branch Denton Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 633505](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/633505) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.28863&mlon=-84.59724#map=14/44.28863/-84.59724) (44.28863, -84.59724)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.28863,-84.59724)
- [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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