# Butternut Creek

Butternut Creek is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (9.8 km long), in the [Portage River (HUC10 0405000105)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d13-7587-ad14-2da641143c9b) watershed; it flows into [Portage Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dbf7-73c8-ba30-eb45cb09fcdf).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db67-7527-825b-1316c4cf207d>

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: 42.05421, -85.49916 (box -85.49881, 42.05462, -85.43391, 42.08798; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1624430](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db68-71b0-b61e-89f768b41e70)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Portage Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dbf7-73c8-ba30-eb45cb09fcdf)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e073-76a5-8e00-40032d3fbec6)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-18fa-76ca-be21-4533c4d728d6)
  - [shape of Butternut Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e073-76a5-8e00-40032d3fbec6)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 9783.1 (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-db67-7527-825b-131556ecf562)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-69f5-77f6-8376-f4fc6fea9afe)
  - [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)
  - [St. Joseph County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a46-7564-a1ca-9826dab2a9ac)
  - [Mendon Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6142-72a8-ac42-c2fa84937e89)
  - [Brady Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6c3f-725c-8a92-63759b4b5893)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Butternut Creek

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34690723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34690723) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1624430](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1624430) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.05421&mlon=-85.49916#map=14/42.05421/-85.49916) (42.05421, -85.49916)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.05421,-85.49916)
- [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

- Flowing into it (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da94-71b3-b72a-bb7d072f24e9)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34690723 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-794c-7381-aca2-4a4f472a21b1)

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Cite as: Butternut Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db67-7527-825b-1316c4cf207d
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