# Nelson Creek

Nelson Creek is a stream in [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (19.8 km long), in the [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50) watershed; it flows into [Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2ba-7437-aeaf-7b736adad367).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a074143544a9>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)

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

Location: 46.38883, -87.25570 (box -87.25560, 46.29641, -87.17921, 46.38949; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1620997](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a07cb3a842c4)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2ba-7437-aeaf-7b736adad367)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda2-763a-b169-78b09107da1a)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13a7-76ad-8dfd-7bfae70ec5a7)
  - [shape of Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda2-763a-b169-78b09107da1a)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 19762.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a07395db15c6)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-66a4-7463-838e-a650d9c83e3b)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15b0-773a-ac3f-999b00b0a23a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Skandia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a5d-7097-a678-c204bd75c9a7)
  - [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-690a8fb9e889)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Nelson Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1620997](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1620997) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.38883&mlon=-87.25570#map=14/46.38883/-87.25570) (46.38883, -87.25570)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.38883,-87.25570)
- [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`):
  - [West Branch Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95a-73bf-8290-0751c624709d)

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Cite as: Nelson Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a074143544a9
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