# Birch Creek

Birch Creek is a stream in [Powell Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7908-718b-816a-45bf633f3000), [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.3 km long), in the [Carp River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010501)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c4e-7456-a7fd-11d2bcf1c0de) watershed; it flows into [Big Garlic River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac02-70eb-ad56-4978962a5d52).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d0b2-776c-8246-770c41fe2269>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91) › [Powell Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7908-718b-816a-45bf633f3000)

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

Location: 46.70243, -87.57402 (box -87.60814, 46.68149, -87.57301, 46.70229; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1618037](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d0b3-77de-94a4-2d2e5b7c31bf)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Big Garlic River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac02-70eb-ad56-4978962a5d52)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d9f7-74d7-99ae-82a4b9f59428)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0be8-758c-b267-826d2eb4be11)
  - [shape of Birch Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d9f7-74d7-99ae-82a4b9f59428)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4289.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Carp River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402010501)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c4e-7456-a7fd-11d2bcf1c0de)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d0b2-776c-8246-770b131cfc24)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-61f2-728c-9116-7b331a5fb06a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1597-76f5-b993-7ca135ff4d4b)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Powell Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7908-718b-816a-45bf633f3000)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34673807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34673807) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1618037](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1618037) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.70243&mlon=-87.57402#map=14/46.70243/-87.57402) (46.70243, -87.57402)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.70243,-87.57402)
- [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/Q34673807 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7822-729f-8caf-61af76b695ee)

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Cite as: Birch Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d0b2-776c-8246-770c41fe2269
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