# West Branch Lake

West Branch Lake is a lake in [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (60.2 ha), in the [Sturgeon River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce5-756e-b91a-424c87933f64) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d958-7340-815b-9056e89d8b12>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)

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

Location: 46.16568, -86.73442 (box -86.74245, 46.16171, -86.72598, 46.17226; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622100](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d968fc009bc3)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa3-767e-8767-2c55ee96aaa4)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1690-7270-af32-d919c3d15f87)
  - [shape of West Branch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa3-767e-8767-2c55ee96aaa4)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 601935.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Sturgeon River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce5-756e-b91a-424c87933f64)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d958-7340-815b-905536a99664)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-689f-7583-b3f8-f9035d8cfa89)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-164c-71d8-aa75-46e9f6290907)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Au Train Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-629d-7515-a97b-650b72f7c9ff)
  - [Mathias Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7741-7791-b7d3-7cddb5219cb8)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33320158](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33320158) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622100](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622100) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.16568&mlon=-86.73442#map=14/46.16568/-86.73442) (46.16568, -86.73442)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.16568,-86.73442)
- [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/Q33320158 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7934-7795-8e1d-d4da934a3ea0)

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Cite as: West Branch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d958-7340-815b-9056e89d8b12
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