# Bender Creek

Bender Creek is a stream in [Benona Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc0-75fb-9a96-767ccd7b102e), [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.6 km long), in the [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010110)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dbd-715b-af50-38487901c330) watershed; it flows into [Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56c3b256c64).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb86727762c9>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049) › [Benona Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc0-75fb-9a96-767ccd7b102e)

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

Location: 43.61945, -86.41535 (box -86.43257, 43.61926, -86.40769, 43.64519; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1619160](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20f-7341-8a74-9ccdea3f152d)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56c3b256c64)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da80-76d1-a0bf-83f93743af1f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0e35-77e8-9aba-a98af8e8668a)
  - [shape of Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da80-76d1-a0bf-83f93743af1f)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4556.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010110)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dbd-715b-af50-38487901c330)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb85686eb2aa)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-62af-75e3-a854-7c38083e52c2)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-175c-7160-9089-9dfb64633d9a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049)
  - [Benona Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc0-75fb-9a96-767ccd7b102e)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bender Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1619160](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1619160) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.61945&mlon=-86.41535#map=14/43.61945/-86.41535) (43.61945, -86.41535)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.61945,-86.41535)
- [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 (2; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Cargill Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae99-75b0-a216-8d1ac8548e32)
  - [Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56c3b256c64)

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Cite as: Bender Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb86727762c9
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