# Proper Creek

Proper Creek is a stream in [Tawas Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b1a-7756-b73c-827a841bbbad), [Iosco County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5f6f-7423-ace2-d6fa47089eca), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.5 km long), in the [Tawas River (HUC10 0408010101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e52-75fb-9459-a03bfd1e73b1) watershed; it flows into [Johns Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b9f5-7405-8e24-95522afe4b61).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c51b-7792-b702-28f22f5d038b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Iosco County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5f6f-7423-ace2-d6fa47089eca) › [Tawas Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b1a-7756-b73c-827a841bbbad)

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

Location: 44.24668, -83.59498 (box -83.63672, 44.24078, -83.59432, 44.24974; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 635475](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c51b-7792-b702-28fb686e72ae)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Johns Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b9f5-7405-8e24-95522afe4b61)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Proper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d358-70f2-8c1c-97032745135b)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Proper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-fe43-74db-986a-812e81207c8e)
  - [shape of Proper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d358-70f2-8c1c-97032745135b)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4454.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Tawas River (HUC10 0408010101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e52-75fb-9459-a03bfd1e73b1)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c51b-7792-b702-28f1122333fc)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5950-7156-878f-e3e5419ec09f)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1816-7499-ac03-fe2bd756a210)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Iosco County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5f6f-7423-ace2-d6fa47089eca)
  - [Tawas Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b1a-7756-b73c-827a841bbbad)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Proper Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35293397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35293397) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 635475](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/635475) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.24668&mlon=-83.59498#map=14/44.24668/-83.59498) (44.24668, -83.59498)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.24668,-83.59498)
- [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/Q35293397 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76e7-750b-9865-c7776e8c0cc1)

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Cite as: Proper Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c51b-7792-b702-28f22f5d038b
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