# Birch Lake

Birch Lake is a lake in [Tilden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6880-763b-99e4-2714200fb8a7), [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [West Branch Escanaba River (HUC10 0403011002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cd3-7228-909a-71da1f33e945) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dcc8-7610-9b11-d71e5bbe6d9b>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91) › [Tilden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6880-763b-99e4-2714200fb8a7)

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

Location: 46.27667, -87.63333 (box -87.63333, 46.27667, -87.63333, 46.27667; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 2098039](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dcc8-7610-9b11-d72680985cd4)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Birch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1b23-74f8-8eb2-d6ab27865db4)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Birch Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1b23-74f8-8eb2-d6ab27865db4)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Escanaba River (HUC10 0403011002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1cd3-7228-909a-71da1f33e945)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dcc8-7610-9b11-d71d03d28a82)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6b0d-75e2-8621-ea9adf3c9a23)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1637-7502-b3a0-381c8bafb357)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Tilden Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6880-763b-99e4-2714200fb8a7)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Birch Lake

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 2098039](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/2098039) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.27667&mlon=-87.63333#map=14/46.27667/-87.63333) (46.27667, -87.63333)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.27667,-87.63333)
- [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)

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Cite as: Birch Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-dcc8-7610-9b11-d71e5bbe6d9b
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