# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (14.0 km long), in the [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b) watershed; it flows into [Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db67-7527-825b-1316c4cf207d).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da94-71b3-b72a-bb7d072f24e9>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)

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

Location: 42.07088, -85.47277 (box -85.47295, 42.07060, -85.38279, 42.14072; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1623094](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da95-75b7-94c7-a250c0ca608c)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db67-7527-825b-1316c4cf207d)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e038-75c9-ba65-e1e212f108fb)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-18b5-710f-a8e7-0088e5b213d8)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e038-75c9-ba65-e1e212f108fb)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 13951.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da94-71b3-b72a-bb7cf0c67308)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-69a0-713e-b3de-15d5405cc5c9)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1687-7260-adce-8db144ef7476)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [Wakeshma Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-61ef-7086-a014-1334e66c6846)
  - [Brady Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c3f-725c-8a92-63759b4b5893)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Brown Creek
  - Newman Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34664920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34664920) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1623094](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1623094) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.07088&mlon=-85.47277#map=14/42.07088/-85.47277) (42.07088, -85.47277)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.07088,-85.47277)
- [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/Q34664920 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7944-7131-a733-c45f1da72806)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da94-71b3-b72a-bb7d072f24e9
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