# The Bayou

The Bayou is a lake in [Osceola Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ef7-7245-90a0-49db9937ecdb), [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.2 ha), in the [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc04-76e9-852e-d5df2a724718>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e) › [Osceola Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ef7-7245-90a0-49db9937ecdb)

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

Location: 43.92144, -85.21806 (box -85.22214, 43.92077, -85.21669, 43.92406; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1614706](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc04-76e9-852e-d5e8f3d97963)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of The Bayou](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d744-77c5-b4ec-ab3cfb45ea23)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of The Bayou](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0656-776a-a4e6-c18680862b44)
  - [shape of The Bayou](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d744-77c5-b4ec-ab3cfb45ea23)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 52017.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc04-76e9-852e-d5dea9d94ce8)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5e44-7610-84d3-f18e5fbc0197)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1770-75da-9116-02c63045a795)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)
  - [Osceola Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ef7-7245-90a0-49db9937ecdb)
- `skos:prefLabel`: The Bayou

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88276826](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88276826) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1614706](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1614706) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.92144&mlon=-85.21806#map=14/43.92144/-85.21806) (43.92144, -85.21806)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.92144,-85.21806)
- [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/Q88276826 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-77d5-708c-b3b4-b021910538f1)

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Cite as: The Bayou. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc04-76e9-852e-d5df2a724718
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.