# Slates Creek

Slates Creek is a stream in [Portage Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78fd-75ce-809d-3cce5005f404), [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (2.5 km long), in the [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b0e3f0d169).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93c-73d2-a9df-30fa70ccdcef>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c) › [Portage Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78fd-75ce-809d-3cce5005f404)

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

Location: 47.00493, -88.60929 (box -88.61826, 47.00507, -88.60918, 47.02259; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 638085](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93d-704b-b520-4a7aa6eaf404)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b0e3f0d169)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Slates Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d5a9-7624-b586-ff016c82e098)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Slates Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0359-7545-b03e-f00a860bd327)
  - [shape of Slates Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d5a9-7624-b586-ff016c82e098)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 2539.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93c-73d2-a9df-30f90f520605)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5c43-74cf-af54-8593be29870a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1591-74a3-8630-0926a31d56e5)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Portage Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78fd-75ce-809d-3cce5005f404)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Slates Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35260965](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35260965) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 638085](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/638085) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.00493&mlon=-88.60929#map=14/47.00493/-88.60929) (47.00493, -88.60929)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.00493,-88.60929)
- [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/Q35260965 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7718-713f-99f1-6992fc7e0b92)

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Cite as: Slates Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93c-73d2-a9df-30fa70ccdcef
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