# Van Auken Lake

Van Auken Lake is a lake in [Bangor Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b8b-7756-9595-a3df0c10c8bd), [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (1.0 km²), in the [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cd82-77ed-a9ec-b28063f72019>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f) › [Bangor Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b8b-7756-9595-a3df0c10c8bd)

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

Location: 42.25406, -86.18415 (box -86.19295, 42.24757, -86.17654, 42.26084; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1615462](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cd82-77ed-a9ec-b289684870f8)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Van Auken Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d856-747d-a266-3ee56ef5c063)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Van Auken Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-08cb-778a-adc8-d9ac18260a2b)
  - [shape of Van Auken Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d856-747d-a266-3ee56ef5c063)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 1022083.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cd82-77ed-a9ec-b27f64fd7f1e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5f94-7156-acd8-1cbff08c1ba9)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b2-7508-8f99-26c1feeb5f12)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Bangor Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b8b-7756-9595-a3df0c10c8bd)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Van Auken Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33319078](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33319078) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1615462](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1615462) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.25406&mlon=-86.18415#map=14/42.25406/-86.18415) (42.25406, -86.18415)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.25406,-86.18415)
- [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/Q33319078 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-77f4-7682-ab71-84cef7d12de5)

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Cite as: Van Auken Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cd82-77ed-a9ec-b28063f72019
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