# Torch Bay

Torch Bay is a lake in [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001), [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (10.9 km²), in the [Portage Lake (HUC10 0402010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c36-7303-87e5-dc6e63d6279f) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c) › [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001)

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

Location: 47.08702, -88.44316 (box -88.48365, 47.06734, -88.40268, 47.15319; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1614968](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc8-779b-b09f-9ff8225dabfc)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Torch Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d787-73b1-ad6b-2535d8135f58)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Torch Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0856-718f-b113-1f4edbd7c5e4)
  - [shape of Torch Bay](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d787-73b1-ad6b-2535d8135f58)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 10898839.7 (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-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9588b91b5375)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5ef9-7471-abdf-6ffeb3cd7f54)
  - [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)
  - [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001)
- `skos:altLabel`: Torch Lake
- `skos:prefLabel`: Torch Bay

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q7825534](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7825534) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1614968](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1614968) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.08702&mlon=-88.44316#map=14/47.08702/-88.44316) (47.08702, -88.44316)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.08702,-88.44316)
- [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 (3; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Big Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-abf3-707e-9ef4-4c33a11e6544)
  - [Dubuque Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b2e0-7138-88fb-2ad55a745a38)
  - [Lovell Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bd92-7361-831a-a66a66087cab)
- Places within (1; `schema:containedInPlace`):
  - [Lamirande Shoal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bb2f-7764-a3af-a4d56fd67240)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7825534 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-77de-7587-99f8-72394d9403ca)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd)
Cite as: Torch Bay. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc7-71f1-bc58-9589d53775fd
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