# Paw Paw Lake

Paw Paw Lake is a lake in [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.7 km²), in the [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)

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

Location: 42.20780, -86.26961 (box -86.29229, 42.19498, -86.24493, 42.21875; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 634489](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a9e9952997)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23d-7585-b94f-1f4def4f9fd2)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fb82-749c-89f8-5214581f8280)
  - [shape of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23d-7585-b94f-1f4def4f9fd2)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 3724943.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e69f3a76c7c9)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-57df-77ae-a0cf-cf79675e2bed)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b2-7508-8f99-26c1feeb5f12)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)
  - [Coloma Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d98-7769-a41e-bd7dda8ccfda)
  - [Watervliet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c10-74ce-acd2-c6976d1cfe24)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Paw Paw Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q7156082](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7156082) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 634489](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/634489) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.20780&mlon=-86.26961#map=14/42.20780/-86.26961) (42.20780, -86.26961)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.20780,-86.26961)
- [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

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7156082 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76c0-70ee-aa7a-dc5c86c3b7f2)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4)
Cite as: Paw Paw Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35c-70a8-82c7-e6a06fd68ea4
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.
