# Tar Creek

Tar Creek is a stream in [Springville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a9c-7034-9103-511bd2355654), [Wexford County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30ba405f7568), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.4 km long), in the [Peterson Creek-Manistee River (HUC10 0406010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1de2-7604-a79e-f0f2b9c60b42) watershed; it flows into [Hodenpyl Dam Pond](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d4b9-76f4-8f71-58288a9f8c08).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Wexford County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30ba405f7568) › [Springville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a9c-7034-9103-511bd2355654)

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

Location: 44.36362, -85.81174 (box -85.81568, 44.35050, -85.78119, 44.36434; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621869](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b61e6e84067f)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Hodenpyl Dam Pond](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d4b9-76f4-8f71-58288a9f8c08)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Tar Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-df09-75d4-97c7-dd21e6cf8ef0)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Tar Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-164f-757c-b6b8-0b6553abe496)
  - [shape of Tar Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-df09-75d4-97c7-dd21e6cf8ef0)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3434.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Peterson Creek-Manistee River (HUC10 0406010303)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1de2-7604-a79e-f0f2b9c60b42)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b614916a2a69)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6846-757f-8f47-281907842778)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1789-779b-8192-fa40ff38af5b)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Wexford County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5e30-716d-bf6c-30ba405f7568)
  - [Springville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a9c-7034-9103-511bd2355654)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Tar Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34934041](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34934041) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621869](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621869) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.36362&mlon=-85.81174#map=14/44.36362/-85.81174) (44.36362, -85.81174)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.36362,-85.81174)
- [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/Q34934041 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-792c-77e1-a20a-6f36fb5a27a0)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d)
Cite as: Tar Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8de-77da-94dd-b615c920e76d
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.