# Whetstone Creek

Whetstone Creek is a stream in [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (14.4 km long), in the [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3) watershed; it flows into [Muskegon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d68f-7458-93b4-66e979c2bd8b).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-687ec9e37af8>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)

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

Location: 43.95085, -85.14504 (box -85.20121, 43.95061, -85.14204, 44.03013; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616276](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-68871d6955c0)
- `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 Whetstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8ef-737c-b1d7-43e9eb2b9fa3)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Whetstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0951-7604-b5df-7f7ba48d83b3)
  - [shape of Whetstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8ef-737c-b1d7-43e9eb2b9fa3)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 14396.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Middle Branch River-Muskegon River (HUC10 0406010205)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dcc-705b-91ec-4e6f32e6a7f3)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-687deffb1098)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-60a7-7707-b94f-05fcda0163ef)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1770-75da-9116-02c63045a795)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Osceola County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594c-7471-8e7b-5f579d4bfb2e)
  - [Middle Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6098-70ad-adeb-a25c727813e6)
  - [Sylvan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b16-76d6-b951-f04127e0f597)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Whetstone Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34887202](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34887202) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616276](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616276) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.95085&mlon=-85.14504#map=14/43.95085/-85.14504) (43.95085, -85.14504)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.95085,-85.14504)
- [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`):
  - [Grindstone Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b6e1-7729-8da4-23bbd1e4fc05)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34887202 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7807-77cc-9106-927e42348af4)

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Cite as: Whetstone Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ceb4-725c-902d-687ec9e37af8
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