# Patent Creek

Patent Creek is a stream in [Carp Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5fde-762e-b482-f93518435a85), [Ontonagon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5836-7614-9fc1-e58d7711e8b8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (7.2 km long), in the [Mineral River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c17-75be-9110-4c629f148def) watershed; it flows into [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2fc-7025-9088-b7daed0ef8b4>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Ontonagon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5836-7614-9fc1-e58d7711e8b8) › [Carp Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5fde-762e-b482-f93518435a85)

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

Location: 46.83550, -89.53737 (box -89.53880, 46.73371, -89.52812, 46.83554; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 634453](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2fd-76d2-b338-4fc446ccca75)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Patent Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d236-7349-b335-a2d22024e7f9)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Patent Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fb7b-75f0-ae49-7b0becb7584f)
  - [shape of Patent Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d236-7349-b335-a2d22024e7f9)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7154.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Mineral River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c17-75be-9110-4c629f148def)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2fc-7025-9088-b7d95f1621fc)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-57d6-7130-972b-1cfcf647c7f0)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1552-722c-b2a5-fc0862509a93)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Ontonagon County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5836-7614-9fc1-e58d7711e8b8)
  - [Carp Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5fde-762e-b482-f93518435a85)
- `skos:altLabel`: Mineral River
- `skos:prefLabel`: Patent Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 634453](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/634453) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.83550&mlon=-89.53737#map=14/46.83550/-89.53737) (46.83550, -89.53737)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.83550,-89.53737)
- [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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Cite as: Patent Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2fc-7025-9088-b7daed0ef8b4
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