# North Branch Rice Creek

North Branch Rice Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (21.2 km long), in the [Minges Brook-Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d50-73ff-9d6c-a7946c24efe9) watershed; it flows into [South Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c9a4-76a5-af82-4ad78ca319b3).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c211-764d-866b-2512faec88c9>

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: 42.29810, -84.85137 (box -84.85147, 42.29805, -84.68041, 42.36037; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 633534](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c211-764d-866b-251b7b374000)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [South Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c9a4-76a5-af82-4ad78ca319b3)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of North Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1ad-71ad-b5c5-40b42c713192)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of North Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-faf3-7715-b93c-03f5764bacaf)
  - [shape of North Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1ad-71ad-b5c5-40b42c713192)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 21235.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Minges Brook-Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d50-73ff-9d6c-a7946c24efe9)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c210-71a2-b187-e502832879e1)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-56c8-7423-b7df-98de8edd325b)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16d3-72eb-b0b6-7b311ddd4caf)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Calhoun County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f41dde71a12f)
  - [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5)
  - [Clarence Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d23-76c5-aea0-9ad6fd01b77f)
  - [Marengo Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7728-7048-941f-29fac120429f)
  - [Sheridan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a40-75d0-8ba6-7b578f60c9bd)
  - [Springport Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a9a-72ec-8704-550847175f81)
- `skos:prefLabel`: North Branch Rice Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 633534](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/633534) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.29810&mlon=-84.85137#map=14/42.29810/-84.85137) (42.29810, -84.85137)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.29810,-84.85137)
- [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 (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [South Branch Rice Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c9a4-76a5-af82-4ad78ca319b3)

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Cite as: North Branch Rice Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c211-764d-866b-2512faec88c9
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