# White Creek

White Creek is a stream in [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.5 km long), in the [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20) watershed; it flows into [Brush Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ada2-722e-bc6f-9330e5a73ebe).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cec1-7092-ae01-552700ee6291>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)

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

Location: 42.15060, -86.06224 (box -86.12660, 42.13568, -86.06250, 42.15147; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616303](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cec1-7092-ae01-552f25991f11)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Brush Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ada2-722e-bc6f-9330e5a73ebe)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of White Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8f7-72e3-bdc6-61810f366985)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of White Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0b19-7206-bb58-e09c10755a51)
  - [shape of White Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8f7-72e3-bdc6-61810f366985)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6500.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000125)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d35-77c3-a528-b45b6b163b20)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cec1-7092-ae01-5526d983d046)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-60b3-7469-bb7d-ae9c9f499a4d)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16b2-7508-8f99-26c1feeb5f12)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Hamilton Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-713f-7265-b224-fba0241f11f4)
  - [Keeler Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75fe-7198-84aa-f48bf7b85af2)
- `skos:prefLabel`: White Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34890730](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34890730) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616303](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616303) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.15060&mlon=-86.06224#map=14/42.15060/-86.06224) (42.15060, -86.06224)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.15060,-86.06224)
- [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/Q34890730 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7808-708b-a337-8a1b28d9fdcc)

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Cite as: White Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cec1-7092-ae01-552700ee6291
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.