# Perjury Creek

Perjury Creek is a stream in [Laird Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd3-7480-b4c3-eb4e409a676f), [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (7.5 km long), in the [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979) watershed; it flows into [West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95e-70bc-847a-17943c063f54).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d74e-7647-8516-77ae6552ab7b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c) › [Laird Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd3-7480-b4c3-eb4e409a676f)

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

Location: 46.72605, -88.78430 (box -88.82148, 46.68353, -88.78345, 46.72597; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621213](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d74f-767e-b9f1-9ac4d9198bfb)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95e-70bc-847a-17943c063f54)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Perjury Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de30-74e1-ae8c-95168e73353c)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Perjury Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13dc-7388-9929-e975108c20c6)
  - [shape of Perjury Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de30-74e1-ae8c-95168e73353c)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7467.5 (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-d74e-7647-8516-77ad8023bd18)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-66f3-7513-8d81-d0d6953a2ddd)
  - [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)
  - [Laird Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd3-7480-b4c3-eb4e409a676f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Perjury Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q21551605](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21551605) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621213](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621213) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.72605&mlon=-88.78430#map=14/46.72605/-88.78430) (46.72605, -88.78430)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.72605,-88.78430)
- [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`):
  - [Maronen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d605-7380-a037-1c89fc62ae11)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21551605 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7915-7695-be57-84d4e9bdad4f)

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Cite as: Perjury Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d74e-7647-8516-77ae6552ab7b
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