# Merles Lake

Merles Lake is a lake in [Masonville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-773f-742c-a749-78ceedac1533), [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (0.8 ha), in the [Whitefish River (HUC10 0403011101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cdb-76d2-b832-bb098795232b) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da52-7716-a0d3-6e7e1b21c9fb>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98) › [Masonville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-773f-742c-a749-78ceedac1533)

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

Location: 46.08034, -86.91488 (box -86.91541, 46.07962, -86.91453, 46.08117; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622682](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da53-7560-9bea-ebb4caef301c)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Merles Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e013-72ba-a778-d690c89ecdb8)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Merles Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1891-70df-875e-d27d2d1a31e4)
  - [shape of Merles Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e013-72ba-a778-d690c89ecdb8)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 7925.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Whitefish River (HUC10 0403011101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cdb-76d2-b832-bb098795232b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da52-7716-a0d3-6e7d687bd1c5)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6975-720b-9ee1-78ff6885f03a)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1641-7506-9c0b-a51baa615385)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98)
  - [Masonville Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-773f-742c-a749-78ceedac1533)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Merles Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88280361](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88280361) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622682](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622682) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.08034&mlon=-86.91488#map=14/46.08034/-86.91488) (46.08034, -86.91488)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.08034,-86.91488)
- [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/Q88280361 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7940-705a-ae57-1740295fbd74)

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Cite as: Merles Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da52-7716-a0d3-6e7e1b21c9fb
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