# West Branch Sturgeon River

West Branch Sturgeon River is a stream in [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (65.2 km long), in the [East Branch Sturgeon River (HUC10 0403010803)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1caf-7568-813f-ada7f1ae15cd) watershed; it flows into [Jansen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b9dd-72c4-a722-38a11e78de4c).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce81-74b0-bb92-a04ec268f02f>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e)

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

Location: 45.92190, -87.79652 (box -88.08908, 45.91810, -87.78954, 46.08090; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616076](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce82-7208-b481-4b28d5cf5986)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Jansen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b9dd-72c4-a722-38a11e78de4c)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8cf-7068-832f-03dc32564741)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0935-7048-8e7e-c2ba5a718089)
  - [shape of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8cf-7068-832f-03dc32564741)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 65216.6 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [East Branch Sturgeon River (HUC10 0403010803)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1caf-7568-813f-ada7f1ae15cd)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce81-74b0-bb92-a04d4a11e4c1)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-607c-770f-a167-7973885019ce)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-160e-73a4-9725-d84ccc1b5317)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Dickinson County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f814d1e17f9e)
  - [Norway Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6030-7779-ae94-8d010541a83f)
  - [Breen Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c44-757a-8bae-47d3ec984bb0)
  - [Felch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f55-716e-95f0-0388eabd195d)
  - [Sagola Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-79b8-760a-94ea-5cead0ce990a)
  - [Waucedah Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c12-72de-95c6-47535df10b6a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Sturgeon River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34865348](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34865348) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616076](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616076) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.92190&mlon=-87.79652#map=14/45.92190/-87.79652) (45.92190, -87.79652)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.92190,-87.79652)
- [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 (3; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Gestner Branch](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b5ac-7127-9289-9c04ca880836)
  - [Jansen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b9dd-72c4-a722-38a11e78de4c)
  - [Tom Kings Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ccb6-7627-a948-f2640bdeb9f9)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34865348 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7803-7617-bdc7-75b461c97c11)

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