# Veley Drain

Veley Drain is a canal in [Pine Grove Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78d0-71b4-b686-4195f27bb393), [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (5.8 km long), in the [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0c-7267-8ef1-f0eb781d4bf0>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f) › [Pine Grove Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78d0-71b4-b686-4195f27bb393)

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

Location: 42.39611, -85.83333 (box -85.84111, 42.36853, -85.82071, 42.41050; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 2112782](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0d-74db-bbe5-3ae6360c4d79)
- `dcterms:type`: [canal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisCanal)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Veley Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e25e-758f-abd0-3e10609cbae9)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Veley Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1bb1-72d6-ac2e-d28e2dc38719)
  - [shape of Veley Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e25e-758f-abd0-3e10609cbae9)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 5849.7 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0c-7267-8ef1-f0ead45f6d63)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6b9f-7422-b955-91e49a865efb)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16e1-7110-8258-ad752e4e7c21)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Pine Grove Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78d0-71b4-b686-4195f27bb393)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Veley Drain

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q33218373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33218373) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 2112782](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/2112782) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.39611&mlon=-85.83333#map=14/42.39611/-85.83333) (42.39611, -85.83333)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.39611,-85.83333)
- [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/Q33218373 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7a11-71d7-a014-b6cf96441320)

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Cite as: Veley Drain. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0c-7267-8ef1-f0eb781d4bf0
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