# McGowans Creek

McGowans Creek is a stream in [Onekama Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7082-7199-b5ba-008aac493a11), [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.1 km long), in the [Glen Lake-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010404)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1df6-7318-9007-a4448b06bc60) watershed; it flows into [Portage Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d778-76f2-be78-3233a5ba83a2).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d11f-70e8-ba1c-d244e642ef0f>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c) › [Onekama Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7082-7199-b5ba-008aac493a11)

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

Location: 44.37556, -86.23342 (box -86.23734, 44.36221, -86.22242, 44.39131; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1618810](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d11f-70e8-ba1c-d24d8279d5fe)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Portage Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d778-76f2-be78-3233a5ba83a2)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of McGowans Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da1a-74ec-9a88-10b56891cf24)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of McGowans Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0dd4-7405-a6fe-9a9d2b0c6f7d)
  - [shape of McGowans Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da1a-74ec-9a88-10b56891cf24)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4149.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Glen Lake-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010404)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1df6-7318-9007-a4448b06bc60)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d11f-70e8-ba1c-d243afc42dac)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6235-77b3-b1e6-76494a5adfba)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17a4-7465-8ea4-745540ced306)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c)
  - [Onekama Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7082-7199-b5ba-008aac493a11)
- `skos:prefLabel`: McGowans Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1618810](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1618810) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.37556&mlon=-86.23342#map=14/44.37556/-86.23342) (44.37556, -86.23342)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.37556,-86.23342)
- [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)

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Cite as: McGowans Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d11f-70e8-ba1c-d244e642ef0f
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