# Towes Creek

Towes Creek is a stream in [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f), [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.2 km long), in the [Hurricane River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402020105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c6d-755e-9099-5983709661fb) watershed; it flows into [Grand Sable Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b621-7430-a307-67bd245762b5).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccd1-76cc-bd32-15808d5b8007>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8) › [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f)

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

Location: 46.64025, -86.03155 (box -86.03847, 46.62389, -86.01175, 46.64238; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1614991](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccd2-76b3-85e8-a23f68fc66bd)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Grand Sable Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b621-7430-a307-67bd245762b5)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Towes Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d78d-7146-b02a-ae5df6b55f6d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Towes Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-085a-7438-8b1c-9910dce12bba)
  - [shape of Towes Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d78d-7146-b02a-ae5df6b55f6d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4161.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Hurricane River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402020105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c6d-755e-9099-5983709661fb)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccd1-76cc-bd32-157f371c3f7d)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5f02-72d7-81f1-f824b0ab6d44)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15c1-76a6-89f9-a1f9d34fa5f1)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Burt Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c77-74a6-9c4a-aa87d0b3dc8f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Towes Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1614991](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1614991) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.64025&mlon=-86.03155#map=14/46.64025/-86.03155) (46.64025, -86.03155)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.64025,-86.03155)
- [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: Towes Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccd1-76cc-bd32-15808d5b8007
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