# Posse Creek

Posse 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) (5.3 km long), in the [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979) watershed; it flows into [Silver River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d812-77cb-b58b-67eaa3dc156f).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d77a-7690-b0e2-a5afcdda1d23>

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: 46.73966, -88.70708 (box -88.72325, 46.69767, -88.70708, 46.73928; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621301](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d77b-730e-8218-089249765ae9)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Silver River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d812-77cb-b58b-67eaa3dc156f)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Posse Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de50-7052-9c61-dc8e5579d04f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Posse Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13fa-730b-add6-4958e34eea19)
  - [shape of Posse Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-de50-7052-9c61-dc8e5579d04f)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 5275.7 (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-d77a-7690-b0e2-a5ae87687908)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6718-7351-933d-bf1543b68c24)
  - [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`: Posse Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35268276](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35268276) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621301](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621301) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.73966&mlon=-88.70708#map=14/46.73966/-88.70708) (46.73966, -88.70708)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.73966,-88.70708)
- [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/Q35268276 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7918-7382-8d0a-ac443c7ce996)

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Cite as: Posse Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d77a-7690-b0e2-a5afcdda1d23
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