# Porter Creek

Porter Creek is a stream in [Grant Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70b6-7620-8fe0-e46a9251abd6), [Mason County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5871-7100-9de8-b80b6da51326), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.8 km long), in the [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131) watershed; it flows into [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d779-7277-ae20-26d2b4365fe4>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Mason County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5871-7100-9de8-b80b6da51326) › [Grant Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70b6-7620-8fe0-e46a9251abd6)

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

Location: 44.12000, -86.42981 (box -86.43018, 44.10301, -86.41478, 44.12051; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621298](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d779-7277-ae20-26da6820f7c2)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Porter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de4e-7210-b790-9acb3a63819d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Porter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13f9-7514-bfcd-0791b023f02b)
  - [shape of Porter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de4e-7210-b790-9acb3a63819d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3800.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d779-7277-ae20-26d14bc6e38c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6716-7532-99ee-03b229d9bccd)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Mason County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5871-7100-9de8-b80b6da51326)
  - [Grant Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-70b6-7620-8fe0-e46a9251abd6)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Porter Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35266592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35266592) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621298](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621298) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.12000&mlon=-86.42981#map=14/44.12000/-86.42981) (44.12000, -86.42981)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.12000,-86.42981)
- [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/Q35266592 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7918-7382-8d0a-ac3e59747e61)

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Cite as: Porter Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d779-7277-ae20-26d2b4365fe4
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.