# Benton Lake

Benton Lake is a lake in [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a), [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (13.1 ha), in the [Big South Branch Pere Marquette River (HUC10 0406010104)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dab-7663-ab75-b6f88868e731) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d211-7546-be62-e7f50882960b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15) › [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a)

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

Location: 43.67134, -85.88838 (box -85.89248, 43.66987, -85.88459, 43.67317; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1619168](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d212-73a0-851c-be4e5de9a085)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Benton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da82-7382-ace0-e07d97db63a1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Benton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0e36-71a0-97a0-fea87b0c9a17)
  - [shape of Benton Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da82-7382-ace0-e07d97db63a1)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 131424.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Big South Branch Pere Marquette River (HUC10 0406010104)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dab-7663-ab75-b6f88868e731)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d211-7546-be62-e7f428a1631c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-62b2-7098-9899-8a814b626f1b)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-174b-755f-af1c-eb2266de9fc1)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15)
  - [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Benton Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q28737616](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28737616) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1619168](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1619168) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.67134&mlon=-85.88838#map=14/43.67134/-85.88838) (43.67134, -85.88838)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.67134,-85.88838)
- [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/Q28737616 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7836-76d5-910e-3fd9b88965ea)

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Cite as: Benton Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d211-7546-be62-e7f50882960b
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