# Paw Paw Lake

Paw Paw Lake is a lake in [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (50.0 ha), in the [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35d-76ce-aedc-4832367ade78>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)

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

Location: 42.16073, -85.74937 (box -85.75709, 42.15630, -85.74209, 42.16623; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 634492](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445b2e768c04)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23e-7095-8dcf-5377ad36cac5)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fb83-70c7-a71e-5c675e4682c9)
  - [shape of Paw Paw Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23e-7095-8dcf-5377ad36cac5)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 499972.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35d-76ce-aedc-4831489817bf)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-57e0-77b6-a982-9bdf2f847403)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16ae-77af-a3a0-707fa498db2f)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [Prairie Ronde Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-790b-7280-ab2a-6a78556ad1b8)
  - [Texas Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b22-7774-bd88-bd59c72d1dbf)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Paw Paw Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q21994951](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21994951) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 634492](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/634492) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.16073&mlon=-85.74937#map=14/42.16073/-85.74937) (42.16073, -85.74937)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.16073,-85.74937)
- [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/Q21994951 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76c1-775f-96e9-83444c7792fc)

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Cite as: Paw Paw Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c35d-76ce-aedc-4832367ade78
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