# West Branch Nelson Creek

West Branch Nelson Creek is a stream in [Skandia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a5d-7097-a678-c204bd75c9a7), [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (3.6 km long), in the [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50) watershed; it flows into [Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a074143544a9).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95a-73bf-8290-0751c624709d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91) › [Skandia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a5d-7097-a678-c204bd75c9a7)

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

Location: 46.37661, -87.23820 (box -87.23826, 46.35151, -87.23177, 46.37685; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622103](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95b-74b3-afaf-1b993bd1311a)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6a2-7153-b3df-a074143544a9)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa4-771c-9110-0a69a51ac649)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1691-70fa-afa4-ae4df946e6c6)
  - [shape of West Branch Nelson Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa4-771c-9110-0a69a51ac649)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 3630.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95a-73bf-8290-0750701d1d64)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68a1-7359-9e9b-2e7f9d59d920)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15b0-773a-ac3f-999b00b0a23a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Skandia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a5d-7097-a678-c204bd75c9a7)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Nelson Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34863872](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34863872) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622103](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622103) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.37661&mlon=-87.23820#map=14/46.37661/-87.23820) (46.37661, -87.23820)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.37661,-87.23820)
- [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/Q34863872 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7934-7795-8e1d-d4de754777a0)

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Cite as: West Branch Nelson Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95a-73bf-8290-0751c624709d
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