# Defiance Creek

Defiance Creek is a stream in [Iron River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75b0-718d-b8b9-3dde7313f6cf), [Iron County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d5f-72de-884a-05f1bce2283a), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.4 km long), in the [Paint River (HUC10 0403010604)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c9d-745f-9058-327743e7de29) watershed; it flows into [Morrison Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d66a-74e6-ba20-59c749ee6c0f).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9f9-7394-807f-4b1f475b6b59>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Iron County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d5f-72de-884a-05f1bce2283a) › [Iron River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75b0-718d-b8b9-3dde7313f6cf)

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

Location: 46.18884, -88.65069 (box -88.67555, 46.16620, -88.65051, 46.19194; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622352](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9f9-7394-807f-4b28717a10e1)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Morrison Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d66a-74e6-ba20-59c749ee6c0f)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Defiance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfdc-70a9-bc3e-07e0f3063e55)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Defiance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-16c3-741c-91c0-0baa9b3e185d)
  - [shape of Defiance Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfdc-70a9-bc3e-07e0f3063e55)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4350.2 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Paint River (HUC10 0403010604)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c9d-745f-9058-327743e7de29)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9f9-7394-807f-4b1e09c0b93b)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68e6-74cc-b83b-0180f73e63f3)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15f6-720e-8859-2911c54b8bd3)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Iron County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d5f-72de-884a-05f1bce2283a)
  - [Iron River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-75b0-718d-b8b9-3dde7313f6cf)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Defiance Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34724846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34724846) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622352](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622352) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.18884&mlon=-88.65069#map=14/46.18884/-88.65069) (46.18884, -88.65069)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.18884,-88.65069)
- [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/Q34724846 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-793b-72a2-b30e-c9cffd766620)

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Cite as: Defiance Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9f9-7394-807f-4b1f475b6b59
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