# Ritter Creek

Ritter Creek is a stream in [Almena Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b46-751e-91d4-91ce3b37ac3e), [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (4.2 km long), in the [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e2fb58d38a3d).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0f-70c4-bffc-b02fe22ea0e8>

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) › [Almena Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b46-751e-91d4-91ce3b37ac3e)

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

Location: 42.28750, -85.84444 (box -85.84475, 42.26713, -85.82138, 42.28840; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 2112794](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de10-727f-9ff9-ad5ab40f8718)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e2fb58d38a3d)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Ritter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e260-74c5-b05f-5ff3613a47bf)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Ritter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1bb2-7240-970f-3eed9e6fb04a)
  - [shape of Ritter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-e260-74c5-b05f-5ff3613a47bf)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 4167.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0f-70c4-bffc-b02e294d79ea)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6ba1-746b-91d0-3729a8899b25)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16ae-77af-a3a0-707fa498db2f)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Almena Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b46-751e-91d4-91ce3b37ac3e)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Ritter Creek

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 2112794](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/2112794) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.28750&mlon=-85.84444#map=14/42.28750/-85.84444) (42.28750, -85.84444)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.28750,-85.84444)
- [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: Ritter Creek. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0f-70c4-bffc-b02fe22ea0e8
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