# North Branch Bear Creek

North Branch Bear Creek is a stream in [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (15.9 km long), in the [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b0e3f0d169).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ad-729c-8208-513f9c67dce7>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)

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

Location: 46.87326, -88.68569 (box -88.79166, 46.87288, -88.68617, 46.91722; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621023](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ae-7063-855e-a184805bc1fa)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b0e3f0d169)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of North Branch Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda9-7630-bb49-8e07fefffd59)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of North Branch Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13ad-70f4-b9fe-1d7d230641d7)
  - [shape of North Branch Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dda9-7630-bb49-8e07fefffd59)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 15889.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ad-729c-8208-513ed1e13588)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-66ad-7494-a6bc-09383b1976fd)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1591-74a3-8630-0926a31d56e5)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Elm River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6e98-7035-876c-d834b8acbfcf)
  - [Portage Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78fd-75ce-809d-3cce5005f404)
- `skos:prefLabel`: North Branch Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1621023](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621023) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.87326&mlon=-88.68569#map=14/46.87326/-88.68569) (46.87326, -88.68569)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.87326,-88.68569)
- [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`):
  - [South Branch Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d879-7255-a296-75e01cabe953)

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Cite as: North Branch Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ad-729c-8208-513f9c67dce7
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