# West Branch Swartz Creek

West Branch Swartz Creek is a stream in [Genesee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecc65bfa094f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (13.2 km long), in the [Swartz Creek (HUC10 0408020403)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1eaa-7124-a51a-9c8bae628a65) watershed; it flows into [Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cb9f-7486-bb3d-40a4e54b0bbf).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce83-7094-ac6f-80a0c529a145>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Genesee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecc65bfa094f)

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

Location: 42.97642, -83.76051 (box -83.89849, 42.93846, -83.76069, 42.97641; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616078](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce83-7094-ac6f-80a9f825ca0f)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cb9f-7486-bb3d-40a4e54b0bbf)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8d0-7277-9418-d185aa863fc0)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0936-7646-ac94-938e86d45bcd)
  - [shape of West Branch Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8d0-7277-9418-d185aa863fc0)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 13195.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Swartz Creek (HUC10 0408020403)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1eaa-7124-a51a-9c8bae628a65)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce83-7094-ac6f-809f9e141016)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-607e-7344-8f0c-445b59eed222)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1880-719f-b40f-35e51e64469d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Genesee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2e-7158-b23f-ecc65bfa094f)
  - [Flint Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6a90-7694-b541-6d23b4424699)
  - [Clayton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d37-7480-bddf-7272da856072)
  - [Gaines Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7004-72d1-a54d-d6d3a87ae667)
  - [Flint](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-8bb6-73ce-ba8e-c137e1478d7a)
  - [Swartz Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a424-75ef-be56-d4616feae833)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Swartz Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34865438](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34865438) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616078](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616078) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.97642&mlon=-83.76051#map=14/42.97642/-83.76051) (42.97642, -83.76051)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.97642,-83.76051)
- [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/Q34865438 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7803-7617-bdc7-75b8e77863fa)

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Cite as: West Branch Swartz Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce83-7094-ac6f-80a0c529a145
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