# Welch Lake

Welch Lake is a lake in [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (44.8 ha), in the [Portage River-Grand River (HUC10 0405000402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d65-76e2-ab0b-eba88717aceb) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce59-77a4-b75f-a61a7db09cea>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5)

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

Location: 42.30221, -84.24952 (box -84.25695, 42.29825, -84.24468, 42.30536; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1615983](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce5a-7187-984d-0554aa4e3c43)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Welch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8b5-7649-a5da-e4ba32f2b88a)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Welch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-091d-7146-9c15-dece6c1b776d)
  - [shape of Welch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8b5-7649-a5da-e4ba32f2b88a)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 448358.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage River-Grand River (HUC10 0405000402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d65-76e2-ab0b-eba88717aceb)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce59-77a4-b75f-a619c193e368)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6009-774d-999d-41993f7a6710)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16f1-7705-8998-d3981d4a9d6d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Jackson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecd175f58db5)
  - [Grass Lake Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70bd-7229-83e4-e48d07f17271)
  - [Leoni Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-767c-741d-b5d7-8e620b9ecedf)
- `skos:altLabel`: Little Pleasant Lake
- `skos:prefLabel`: Welch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33320046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33320046) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1615983](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1615983) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.30221&mlon=-84.24952#map=14/42.30221/-84.24952) (42.30221, -84.24952)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.30221,-84.24952)
- [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/Q33320046 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-77ff-73f5-975a-3292d6d49c23)

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Cite as: Welch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce59-77a4-b75f-a61a7db09cea
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