# Scales Creek

Scales Creek is a stream in [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.9 km long), in the [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f) watershed; it flows into [Trap Rock River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cce6-7107-b9a4-6387248448b8).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7b8-7489-bb03-b210c65d72c8>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)

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

Location: 47.26631, -88.36789 (box -88.41582, 47.25577, -88.36796, 47.27194; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 637311](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7b9-73ff-afbf-88c6c0823d64)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Trap Rock River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cce6-7107-b9a4-6387248448b8)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Scales Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d4a1-7180-87fc-5c1f46ab986c)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Scales Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-00f7-7341-9eb3-bf9ca69dfb8e)
  - [shape of Scales Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d4a1-7180-87fc-5c1f46ab986c)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 5880.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7b8-7489-bb03-b20faab28336)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5af7-7633-a23c-31ca23ad65ec)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-157f-77fc-b2ca-49005e06e599)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Schoolcraft Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79d8-72c9-a025-515254b28cd4)
  - [Calumet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cba-7589-b013-fd93fb270a96)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Scales Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 637311](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/637311) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.26631&mlon=-88.36789#map=14/47.26631/-88.36789) (47.26631, -88.36789)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.26631,-88.36789)
- [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`):
  - [Slaughterhouse Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93f-76a6-b31e-4a6e7bd417cc)

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Cite as: Scales Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7b8-7489-bb03-b210c65d72c8
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