# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.7 km long), in the [North Branch White River (HUC10 0406010108)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1db7-738b-8b38-dbe1ab803f44) watershed; it flows into [North Branch White River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b7-7483-addd-34d8e75e917c).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a5-71d2-8a25-4f946d4503bc>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049)

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

Location: 43.52307, -86.19257 (box -86.26164, 43.52329, -86.19301, 43.56106; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621006](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a5-71d2-8a25-4f9ef6ab5ecf)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch White River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b7-7483-addd-34d8e75e917c)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda4-77b4-92f2-90fdcd3ca92f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13a9-76a4-bb6f-52e02c4717ef)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda4-77b4-92f2-90fdcd3ca92f)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9674.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [North Branch White River (HUC10 0406010108)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1db7-738b-8b38-dbe1ab803f44)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a5-71d2-8a25-4f935e67115b)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-66a7-71a4-ab4b-2b3a262cafdc)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1755-71c0-b01c-69ad5e560c78)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049)
  - [Ferry Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6143-76e3-a879-64f9937aa1cb)
  - [Otto Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7852-7148-ab96-d26456920ccd)
- `skos:altLabel`: Newman Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34664998](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34664998) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621006](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621006) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.52307&mlon=-86.19257#map=14/43.52307/-86.19257) (43.52307, -86.19257)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.52307,-86.19257)
- [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/Q34664998 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7910-74d9-9cef-db1b335e6218)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a5-71d2-8a25-4f946d4503bc
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.