# Butternut Creek

Butternut Creek is a stream in [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.8 km long), in the [Black River-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC10 0407000304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e12-7655-b78d-22b61fdaec57) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Black River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ae-7063-855e-a1862bc5f49c).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d287-7471-9f1e-e10b13097a99>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c)

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

Location: 44.83585, -83.34664 (box -83.42834, 44.82597, -83.34673, 44.84124; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1619386](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d288-7153-8ddb-e85b0c8cce0e)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Black River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ae-7063-855e-a1862bc5f49c)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dacc-75a5-940c-f6f9274485c7)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0e74-73a9-b273-cc872993a5f4)
  - [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dacc-75a5-940c-f6f9274485c7)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9815.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Black River-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC10 0407000304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e12-7655-b78d-22b61fdaec57)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d287-7471-9f1e-e10ad6c0d184)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6361-7774-a5e1-c05d6ab3af0e)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-17cb-733f-9039-1f0e4183f6e6)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alcona County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-59b8-7700-8c5c-af7c3d92657c)
  - [Alcona Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ae6-7119-8aa5-c5296cd2639f)
  - [Caledonia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6cb4-7058-b870-b445bb1f6632)
- `skos:altLabel`: Derocher Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butternut Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34690674](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34690674) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1619386](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1619386) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.83585&mlon=-83.34664#map=14/44.83585/-83.34664) (44.83585, -83.34664)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.83585,-83.34664)
- [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 (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Liston Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d554-72e3-b9fc-1ddadfdab36a)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34690674 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-78d0-73ba-88a7-e6ce84909781)

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Cite as: Butternut Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d287-7471-9f1e-e10b13097a99
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