# Birch Island

Birch Island is an island in [Tippy Dam](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da03-73b7-aaaf-b58d90d5afcc), [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [Manistee River (HUC10 0406010307)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1deb-751d-865c-12251305bbcb) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c) › [Tippy Dam](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da03-73b7-aaaf-b58d90d5afcc)

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

Location: 44.25778, -85.89063 (box -85.89063, 44.25778, -85.89063, 44.25778; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622420](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da02-717f-a1d4-64de31f55c27)
- `dcterms:type`: [island](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisIsland)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Birch Island](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-16c8-76de-94a9-5475f063dd04)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Birch Island](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-16c8-76de-94a9-5475f063dd04)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Manistee River (HUC10 0406010307)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1deb-751d-865c-12251305bbcb)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0b27119de0)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68ed-77cc-9d65-bcf506af2e52)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de86-dcab-765f-a0f1-d89205ed8fbf)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1798-7300-ad87-b179de04cafd)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Manistee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5dbd-7549-b337-3010ec96043c)
  - [Dickson Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7f2f-7102-8590-dd149a4a0bd0)
  - [Tippy Dam](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da03-73b7-aaaf-b58d90d5afcc)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Island

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34674137](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34674137) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622420](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622420) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.25778&mlon=-85.89063#map=14/44.25778/-85.89063) (44.25778, -85.89063)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=44.25778,-85.89063)
- [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/Q34674137 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-793b-72a2-b30e-c9e7ee89b412)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d)
Cite as: Birch Island. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da01-7534-bfdf-5b0cef350d6d
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.