# Commencement Creek

Commencement Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.7 km long), in the [West Branch Manistique River (HUC10 0403011304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cf3-7472-a905-9e0dd4e06599) watershed; it flows into [Pine Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c411-7570-8725-7cec0b23b6c5).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2d6-7223-8676-1f4ba141c7f2>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

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

Location: 46.33024, -86.35904 (box -86.37356, 46.32968, -86.35618, 46.39620; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1619558](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2d7-74a8-8ad1-f022762f6f6b)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Pine Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c411-7570-8725-7cec0b23b6c5)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Commencement Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-db54-7595-9a67-35ceb2b44496)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Commencement Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0ea0-7209-a2bb-dbc7d83d04f9)
  - [shape of Commencement Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-db54-7595-9a67-35ceb2b44496)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9707.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Manistique River (HUC10 0403011304)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cf3-7472-a905-9e0dd4e06599)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2d6-7223-8676-1f4abad791c5)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-63b0-77ea-abec-ef8b550c0d45)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-165d-7728-a323-4a4e5242775a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Schoolcraft County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5db8-742e-a771-aed84d83e265)
  - [Hiawatha Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-720d-7690-8168-137ae955321d)
  - [Munising Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-722d-745a-ab73-da25b1a178d7)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Commencement Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1619558](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1619558) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.33024&mlon=-86.35904#map=14/46.33024/-86.35904) (46.33024, -86.35904)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.33024,-86.35904)
- [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: Commencement Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2d6-7223-8676-1f4ba141c7f2
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