# Torch Lake

Torch Lake is a lake in [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.7 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-ccc8-779b-b09f-9ffa454d76cf>

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:LakeBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/LakeBodyOfWater), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 47.16335, -88.42286 (box -88.47596, 47.12662, -88.39270, 47.19669; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1614969](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc8-779b-b09f-a0022656660a)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Torch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d787-73b1-ad6b-253d18de7833)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Torch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0856-718f-b113-1f54516bbc52)
  - [shape of Torch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d787-73b1-ad6b-253d18de7833)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 9719301.0 (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-ccc8-779b-b09f-9ff9ce9408a5)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5ef9-7471-abdf-7005c12fe634)
  - [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)
  - [Osceola Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5ff0-71dc-a9c0-1cedd738d631)
  - [Torch Lake Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6874-7410-bc8e-29ceddba0001)
  - [Schoolcraft Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79d8-72c9-a025-515254b28cd4)
  - [Lake Linden](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a4d9-7363-8ef2-427714060cf6)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Torch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q7336596](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7336596) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1614969](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1614969) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.16335&mlon=-88.42286#map=14/47.16335/-88.42286) (47.16335, -88.42286)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.16335,-88.42286)
- [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 (4; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [McCallum Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bea0-737f-8327-57466caf2d9b)
  - [Quincy Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c539-71a9-95b3-8c3083b5146a)
  - [Sawmill Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c7b0-74c6-87b8-c6db7c9be981)
  - [Trap Rock River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cce6-7107-b9a4-6387248448b8)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7336596 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-77de-7587-99f8-723b613fea3f)

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Cite as: Torch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccc8-779b-b09f-9ffa454d76cf
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.