# Paw Paw River

Paw Paw River is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (99.4 km long), in the [Saint Joseph River (HUC10 0405000126)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d36-76a9-a05c-f02c240260a5) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0>

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: 42.11254, -86.47086 (box -86.47321, 42.11292, -85.92624, 42.26852; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 634493](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c361-76c5-9d16-2d5993bf6846)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23e-7095-8dcf-537f4bb5904d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fb83-70c7-a71e-5c6db6608a0e)
  - [shape of Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d23e-7095-8dcf-537f4bb5904d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 99412.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Saint Joseph River (HUC10 0405000126)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d36-76a9-a05c-f02c240260a5)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445c7bdab49c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-57e1-76c9-87d7-015e516892b8)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b4-740b-9776-9e054f6dafcc)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)
  - [Hagar Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6207-707f-9e5b-146646d7e0b6)
  - [Arlington Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b66-7101-a7b3-bd5576e6657b)
  - [Benton Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc1-7698-aa9d-267ec904c3cf)
  - [Coloma Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d98-7769-a41e-bd7dda8ccfda)
  - [Hartford Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-718d-7045-9f8d-6cc16d93f010)
  - [Lawrence Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-766e-75f5-911b-73256c318736)
  - [Paw Paw Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-789c-753e-a604-34bb4f6773c7)
  - [Watervliet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c10-74ce-acd2-c6976d1cfe24)
  - [Waverly Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c16-7485-a117-e46dc704adde)
  - [Benton Harbor](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-8fc4-7099-9d08-8858cd5759e9)
  - [Lawrence](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a326-71d7-ab39-5c0eaffd7a62)
  - [Watervliet](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-af6e-764b-ad11-ddedf8bb1e81)
- `skos:altLabel`: Pawpaw River
- `skos:prefLabel`: Paw Paw River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q7156084](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7156084) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 634493](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/634493) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.11254&mlon=-86.47086#map=14/42.11254/-86.47086) (42.11254, -86.47086)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.11254,-86.47086)
- [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 (10; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Blue Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9b-7021-9afe-9f56197e4fbe)
  - [Brush Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ada2-722e-bc6f-9330e5a73ebe)
  - [Carter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-aebe-7607-9c69-613a059202dc)
  - [Granger Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b627-7344-b4be-fbdb358e151c)
  - [North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e2fb58d38a3d)
  - [Pine Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c410-76b2-bc2f-4e62dec64731)
  - [Ryno Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c6fb-702a-8822-c4e00d46403d)
  - [Sand Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c733-7781-93fc-004041cb1b2d)
  - [South Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c9a0-77ee-b899-43f6879a2147)
  - [Spring Run](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ca5c-7197-98ee-7cbeac23e656)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7156084 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76c1-775f-96e9-8346c2a93a55)

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Cite as: Paw Paw River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0
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