# Piper Creek

Piper 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) (7.1 km long), in the [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010110)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dbd-715b-af50-38487901c330) watershed; it flows into [Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb86727762c9).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56c3b256c64>

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: 43.61917, -86.41480 (box -86.41502, 43.61895, -86.36335, 43.63598; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621255](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d763-715c-b400-718c45f8d6ab)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb86727762c9)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de3f-76de-bdee-fae858d15083)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13eb-709c-b365-ec5fc854be17)
  - [shape of Piper Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de3f-76de-bdee-fae858d15083)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7076.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Stony Creek-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC10 0406010110)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dbd-715b-af50-38487901c330)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56b0d12d11e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6704-717d-86c8-fb08ae5f4bd3)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-175c-7160-9089-9dfb64633d9a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Oceana County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5872-7215-a416-095c335cc049)
  - [Shelby Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6877-7219-8ea9-19767dc46cb9)
  - [Benona Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6bc0-75fb-9a96-767ccd7b102e)
  - [Shelby](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-b2c4-743f-beae-4ebe5571f57f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Piper Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1621255](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621255) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.61917&mlon=-86.41480#map=14/43.61917/-86.41480) (43.61917, -86.41480)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.61917,-86.41480)
- [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`):
  - [Bender Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d20e-7470-96e5-fb86727762c9)

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Cite as: Piper Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d762-76aa-8480-d56c3b256c64
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