# Portage Creek

Portage Creek is a stream in [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (18.0 km long), in the [Spring Brook-Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000306)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d55-77b1-9ce9-45f108dbb175) watershed; it flows into [Kalamazoo River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ba69-7799-b230-2463ae6b53ac).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c4d1-766a-8551-de070df7ffd2>

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:Place](https://schema.org/Place), [schema:RiverBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/RiverBodyOfWater)

Location: 42.29532, -85.57306 (box -85.63044, 42.18536, -85.57033, 42.29541; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 635275](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c4d2-7196-a90b-68ef854e91aa)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Kalamazoo River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ba69-7799-b230-2463ae6b53ac)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Portage Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d32e-76f8-a152-16644d3b9f50)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Portage Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fe1b-7729-9ef6-b8ba490c2842)
  - [shape of Portage Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d32e-76f8-a152-16644d3b9f50)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 18032.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Spring Brook-Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000306)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d55-77b1-9ce9-45f108dbb175)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c4d1-766a-8551-de06c95cf949)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5915-764f-834e-77670e7c196f)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16d7-75ab-b23b-adf4ccf44daf)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [Kalamazoo](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-89c8-7583-a212-8a576b60927b)
  - [Portage](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-973d-7086-bd3a-4cca6f7a912f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Portage Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35265840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35265840) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 635275](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/635275) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.29532&mlon=-85.57306#map=14/42.29532/-85.57306) (42.29532, -85.57306)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.29532,-85.57306)
- [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`):
  - [West Fork Portage Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce8b-737f-9f32-1b5e9cf12c72)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q35265840 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76e1-7013-833a-fc42f6a403ff)

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Cite as: Portage Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c4d1-766a-8551-de070df7ffd2
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