# West Branch Lakes

West Branch Lakes is a lake in [Garden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-700b-7052-9d32-fe1eaf358006), [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.4 ha), in the [Fishdam River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce3-716b-b1ad-9cb02f3ee575) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce71-74df-b39f-650dca99cedb>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98) › [Garden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-700b-7052-9d32-fe1eaf358006)

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

Location: 45.97687, -86.60904 (box -86.61375, 45.97451, -86.60402, 45.97915; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616046](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce71-74df-b39f-65162713614f)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c2-7122-8c6c-d2bd69e36cc5)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-092a-7618-964a-fcf0dd050f20)
  - [shape of West Branch Lakes](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c2-7122-8c6c-d2bd69e36cc5)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 63604.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Fishdam River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce3-716b-b1ad-9cb02f3ee575)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce71-74df-b39f-650c0fd5d6a0)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-606a-73bd-8f22-bccd502f0b5e)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1649-75a0-a083-dc63c00d245a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98)
  - [Garden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-700b-7052-9d32-fe1eaf358006)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Lakes

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88278174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88278174) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616046](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616046) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.97687&mlon=-86.60904#map=14/45.97687/-86.60904) (45.97687, -86.60904)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.97687,-86.60904)
- [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/Q88278174 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7801-7231-a512-85455006febb)

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Cite as: West Branch Lakes. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce71-74df-b39f-650dca99cedb
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