# Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (30.5 km long), in the [Nottawa Creek (HUC10 0405000103)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0f-77b3-bca1-443306f9d5ff) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db51-765e-804c-8ec1851825f0>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

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

Location: 42.02977, -85.37582 (box -85.37778, 42.02753, -85.29678, 42.20004; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1624372](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db52-733c-9739-7bff7f9b620f)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e065-771c-a179-a5f447545b68)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-18ee-73f2-bc50-c7d778eebaa6)
  - [shape of Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e065-771c-a179-a5f447545b68)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 30469.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Nottawa Creek (HUC10 0405000103)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0f-77b3-bca1-443306f9d5ff)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db51-765e-804c-8ec0ad82f6e0)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-69e3-73e3-a992-a9d0138d6d30)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1682-7570-b2f6-8920da3c6410)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Kalamazoo County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f411e5451fd3)
  - [St. Joseph County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a46-7564-a1ca-9826dab2a9ac)
  - [Wakeshma Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-61ef-7086-a014-1334e66c6846)
  - [Climax Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d76-75c5-9988-82a0b1ae42e5)
  - [Leonidas Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-767d-7662-9a72-9acb991d8cdf)
- `skos:altLabel`: Brown Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34665034](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34665034) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1624372](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1624372) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.02977&mlon=-85.37582#map=14/42.02977/-85.37582) (42.02977, -85.37582)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.02977,-85.37582)
- [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/Q34665034 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-794a-7391-bd54-f4ee3543a535)

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Cite as: Bear Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db51-765e-804c-8ec1851825f0
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.