# West Branch River

West Branch River is a stream in [Hawes Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cda-77c8-acc6-e287b7a365df), [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.9 km long), in the [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e36-7028-a349-27b491f25a30) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7c-710a-bae5-a675592d52a6>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c) › [Hawes Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cda-77c8-acc6-e287b7a365df)

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

Location: 44.76112, -83.57498 (box -83.60584, 44.74188, -83.56884, 44.75870; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616064](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7c-710a-bae5-a680403e2e98)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8cb-714e-b275-9c5a27709105)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0931-72bf-b9c4-2e3921443be5)
  - [shape of West Branch River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8cb-714e-b275-9c5a27709105)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 5915.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River (HUC10 0407000605)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e36-7028-a349-27b491f25a30)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7c-710a-bae5-a674ad14b892)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6076-7705-897c-0d177f46860c)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17f5-7054-8bad-4d7746ef8ab1)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c)
  - [Hawes Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cda-77c8-acc6-e287b7a365df)
- `skos:altLabel`: West Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34864537](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34864537) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616064](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616064) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.76112&mlon=-83.57498#map=14/44.76112/-83.57498) (44.76112, -83.57498)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.76112,-83.57498)
- [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 (2; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Buff Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-adc2-70fe-a7a3-ec53aed9363a)
  - [Comstock Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b06a-731b-bb83-5e6ebd483ef8)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34864537 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7802-72d9-a472-b940ecbe25bb)

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Cite as: West Branch River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce7c-710a-bae5-a675592d52a6
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