# Sanford Lake (historical)

Sanford Lake (historical) is a lake in [Almira Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b47-74d9-aad4-5d276b05a23d), [Benzie County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b91-73f6-8c27-4d87b28e50fb), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (21.4 ha), in the [Platte River (HUC10 0406010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1df1-73fb-8286-b5c06c414568) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c797-7640-a1f9-d7cd3335ee5c>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Benzie County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b91-73f6-8c27-4d87b28e50fb) › [Almira Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b47-74d9-aad4-5d276b05a23d)

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

Location: 44.69969, -85.85808 (box -85.86212, 44.69630, -85.85466, 44.70339; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 637241](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c797-7640-a1f9-d7d6c97cabb1)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Sanford Lake (historical)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d48d-70c6-a47a-d2fdb286efc1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Sanford Lake (historical)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-00e6-7583-8aac-2aa830a98d54)
  - [shape of Sanford Lake (historical)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d48d-70c6-a47a-d2fdb286efc1)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 213763.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Platte River (HUC10 0406010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1df1-73fb-8286-b5c06c414568)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c797-7640-a1f9-d7cca2c150aa)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5ada-7251-858b-7a4595493258)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-179f-7052-8834-e14dc996d8b0)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Benzie County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b91-73f6-8c27-4d87b28e50fb)
  - [Almira Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b47-74d9-aad4-5d276b05a23d)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Sanford Lake (historical)

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33306017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33306017) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 637241](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/637241) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.69969&mlon=-85.85808#map=14/44.69969/-85.85808) (44.69969, -85.85808)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.69969,-85.85808)
- [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/Q33306017 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7704-702e-aa69-d363576a56ca)

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Cite as: Sanford Lake (historical). bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c797-7640-a1f9-d7cd3335ee5c
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.