# Thornton Creek

Thornton Creek is a stream in [Novi](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-962b-710c-a1a3-c041ddfaeefb), [Oakland County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d60-74ef-9e31-2c21350a4460), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.9 km long), in the [Middle River Rouge (HUC10 0409000402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ee6-766a-b2ec-83ae8b10e90b) watershed; it flows into [Walled Lake Branch](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce14-7047-869b-33d479ff8043).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc2f-77f7-8fd6-1ba84bde5f01>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Oakland County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d60-74ef-9e31-2c21350a4460) › [Novi](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-962b-710c-a1a3-c041ddfaeefb)

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

Location: 42.44559, -83.46716 (box -83.51233, 42.44530, -83.46802, 42.47105; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1614799](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc30-7201-9534-159d95e9cdf1)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Walled Lake Branch](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce14-7047-869b-33d479ff8043)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Thornton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d757-7498-9f48-cc24a32a94c7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Thornton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-066e-723e-b674-73b43599775f)
  - [shape of Thornton Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d757-7498-9f48-cc24a32a94c7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6887.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Middle River Rouge (HUC10 0409000402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ee6-766a-b2ec-83ae8b10e90b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc2f-77f7-8fd6-1ba76244eb51)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5e69-7311-948a-c8ca914b72ac)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-18cc-7071-92c5-19bca9dd7802)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Oakland County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d60-74ef-9e31-2c21350a4460)
  - [Novi](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-962b-710c-a1a3-c041ddfaeefb)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Thornton Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1614799](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1614799) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.44559&mlon=-83.46716#map=14/42.44559/-83.46716) (42.44559, -83.46716)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.44559,-83.46716)
- [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)

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Cite as: Thornton Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc2f-77f7-8fd6-1ba84bde5f01
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