# West Branch Paint Creek

West Branch Paint Creek is a stream in [Washtenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a16-75b9-a286-85a89060c472), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.7 km long), in the [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC10 0410000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ef4-70ba-bc13-4d752e2c89d4) watershed; it flows into [Paint Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2cb-72b4-b329-11afb67d9159).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce78-7772-a55e-7e4f9524f4b3>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Washtenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a16-75b9-a286-85a89060c472)

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

Location: 42.13921, -83.59049 (box -83.61075, 42.13902, -83.59079, 42.18910; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616058](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce79-7022-9ab3-c0c2f8b666c8)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Paint Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c2cb-72b4-b329-11afb67d9159)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Paint Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c8-760f-96bb-f3a8e7cfac3d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Paint Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-092f-76c2-98a9-ff08cbaa2e56)
  - [shape of West Branch Paint Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8c8-760f-96bb-f3a8e7cfac3d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6652.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC10 0410000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ef4-70ba-bc13-4d752e2c89d4)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce78-7772-a55e-7e4e51fa77a3)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6072-76a7-b4a3-620ba8a45fc0)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-18e0-7243-a6bd-629f8a64b2dd)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Washtenaw County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a16-75b9-a286-85a89060c472)
  - [Ypsilanti Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-687b-7420-bb89-08d2474aa3f4)
  - [Augusta Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b7a-77b9-a2a4-d9d80e5ed314)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Paint Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34864172](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34864172) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616058](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616058) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.13921&mlon=-83.59049#map=14/42.13921/-83.59049) (42.13921, -83.59049)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.13921,-83.59049)
- [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

- Flowing into it (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Hewens Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b840-7334-846f-c1cb0e704bee)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34864172 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7802-72d9-a472-b9367ad38957)

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Cite as: West Branch Paint Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce78-7772-a55e-7e4f9524f4b3
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