# West Branch Muskegon River

West Branch Muskegon River is a stream in [Missaukee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-301cf0be3862), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (38.3 km long), in the [Butterfield Creek-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc5-7704-8ada-43441e03cd02) watershed; it flows into [Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d68f-7458-93b4-66e979c2bd8b).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce77-7606-b821-87bd05539b9d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Missaukee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-301cf0be3862)

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

Location: 44.33140, -84.89864 (box -85.14670, 44.33131, -84.89851, 44.38074; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616056](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce78-7772-a55e-7e4259ce4449)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d68f-7458-93b4-66e979c2bd8b)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c7-7536-bc13-29ecf0a4a849)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-092e-7083-a549-2585a529d8bb)
  - [shape of West Branch Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c7-7536-bc13-29ecf0a4a849)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 38325.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Butterfield Creek-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dc5-7704-8ada-43441e03cd02)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce77-7606-b821-87bcca1a26da)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6070-7065-8b92-4a6626619e73)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1766-7675-ac74-0a6c4e4377af)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Missaukee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-301cf0be3862)
  - [Butterfield Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c81-75c0-89bb-f095d531e16b)
  - [Enterprise Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ea8-7323-a278-ba05d2a74865)
  - [Forest Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6a-723f-9fd1-10ef6a8c179a)
  - [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-691f9994f00f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Muskegon River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34863815](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34863815) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616056](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616056) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.33140&mlon=-84.89864#map=14/44.33140/-84.89864) (44.33140, -84.89864)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.33140,-84.89864)
- [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/Q34863815 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7802-72d9-a472-b9327cfd8b6b)

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Cite as: West Branch Muskegon River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce77-7606-b821-87bd05539b9d
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