# West Michigan Creek

West Michigan Creek is a stream in [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a), [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (7.1 km long), in the [Big South Branch Pere Marquette River (HUC10 0406010104)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dab-7663-ab75-b6f88868e731) watershed; it flows into [Winnepesaug Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9c7-7424-b7d8-e5a5b3de9859).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d963-7578-9052-ac780fabcda1>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15) › [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a)

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

Location: 43.67779, -85.88173 (box -85.88115, 43.67759, -85.83788, 43.70368; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622117](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d963-7578-9052-ac8196601105)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Winnepesaug Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9c7-7424-b7d8-e5a5b3de9859)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Michigan Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfab-761a-925a-c2a96bdfdeef)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Michigan Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1697-724b-9a49-1c798660e211)
  - [shape of West Michigan Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfab-761a-925a-c2a96bdfdeef)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 7144.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Big South Branch Pere Marquette River (HUC10 0406010104)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1dab-7663-ab75-b6f88868e731)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d963-7578-9052-ac77ea0f15ca)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68aa-732a-9d4a-45f8aca3413b)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-174b-755f-af1c-eb2266de9fc1)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Newaygo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-594f-76a5-9e3b-ed2eb9298a15)
  - [Merrill Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-821d-75a9-96af-da9536e0c73a)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Michigan Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34875185](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34875185) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622117](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622117) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.67779&mlon=-85.88173#map=14/43.67779/-85.88173) (43.67779, -85.88173)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.67779,-85.88173)
- [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/Q34875185 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7935-77cb-8bea-439d070d3f04)

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Cite as: West Michigan Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d963-7578-9052-ac780fabcda1
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