# Sassafras Lake

Sassafras Lake is a lake in [Hartford Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-718d-7045-9f8d-6cc16d93f010), [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.7 ha), in the [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7a0-769a-8346-85d3e77d803a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f) › [Hartford Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-718d-7045-9f8d-6cc16d93f010)

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

Location: 42.23825, -86.18387 (box -86.18567, 42.23667, -86.18213, 42.23995; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 637264](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7a1-7309-a3a4-ad8aa7a7da3a)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Sassafras Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d493-77cf-81dc-eaf1dcd0dbc1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Sassafras Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-00eb-7372-922c-530574adead5)
  - [shape of Sassafras Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d493-77cf-81dc-eaf1dcd0dbc1)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 56950.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7a0-769a-8346-85d274a2a317)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5ae5-77fa-99b4-df8247e7fe60)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b2-7508-8f99-26c1feeb5f12)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Hartford Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-718d-7045-9f8d-6cc16d93f010)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Sassafras Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88277993](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88277993) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 637264](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/637264) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.23825&mlon=-86.18387#map=14/42.23825/-86.18387) (42.23825, -86.18387)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.23825,-86.18387)
- [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/Q88277993 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7705-719f-818d-31deff10e204)

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Cite as: Sassafras Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7a0-769a-8346-85d3e77d803a
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