Ballard
IUCN VWildlife Management Area · 1955
32 km²
County · USA
Ballard
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
1 012
Observations
19 330
Area
708,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Ballard : 28 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
75
Connectance
0.119
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 012 distinct species · 19 330 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 294mm
Warmest m°
31,5°C
Coldest m°
-1,6°C
Elevation: 112 m on average (min 87 m, max 145 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 294mm
Warmest month
31,5°C
Coldest month
-1,6°C
Mean alt.
112m
Min
87m
Max
145m
Std. dev.
16m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
20,3g/kg
Clay
31,0%
Sand
9,4%
Silt
59,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
38,7g/kg
Clay
31,2%
Sand
9,3%
Silt
59,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
14,4g/kg
Clay
30,8%
Sand
9,5%
Silt
59,7%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
7,9g/kg
Clay
31,0%
Sand
9,3%
Silt
59,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest34.2%
Crops38.9%
Built-up0.4%
Bare soil0.2%
Other (grassland, water…)26.3%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology11 basins · 6 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
125,4km
Lake surface here
1,83km²
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
9
Max drainage
2 345 146km²
Discharge in basins
26 158,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 242mm/an
Mean T°
14,1°C
Moisture idx
0,03
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
542mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
118m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Humphrey Creeksub-area210,6 km²overlap205.21 km²29%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area455,3 km²overlap150.51 km²21%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area136,4 km²overlap136.48 km²19%
- Bassin de Mayfield Creeksub-area1 113,6 km²overlap132.23 km²19%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area122,7 km²overlap44.88 km²6%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area25,1 km²overlap18.53 km²3%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area28,8 km²overlap14.68 km²2%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area6,2 km²overlap4.60 km²1%
- Bassin de Massac Creeksub-area175,3 km²overlap1.52 km²0%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Ohio Riverord 9len here63.29 km3%total2174 km
- Humphrey Creekord 2len here33.25 km91%total37 km
- Mayfield Creekord 3len here14.78 km10%total149 km
- Post Creek Cutofford 8len here6.13 km51%total12 km
- Mississippi Riverord 9len here6.03 km0%total5243 km
- Lucy Creekord 1len here1.48 km100%total1 km
- Cache River Old Channelord 4len here0.39 km3%total13 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,7nW
Built-up
35,9%
Pesticides
9,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas12
IUCN V · 8IUCN Not Assigned · 4
Boatwright
IUCN VWildlife Management Area · 1957
26 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Pulaski, IL
IUCN VReserve Program · 1999
7 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Carlisle, KY
IUCN Not AssignedReserve Program · 2002
7 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Ballard, KY
IUCN VReserve Program · 2001
5 km²
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetlands Reserve Easement (ACEP-WRE)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement · 2015
5 km²
Complete list12 protected areas
- BallardWildlife Management AreaIUCN V195532 km²
- BoatwrightWildlife Management AreaIUCN V195726 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Pulaski, ILReserve ProgramIUCN V19997 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Carlisle, KYReserve ProgramIUCN Not Assigned20027 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Ballard, KYReserve ProgramIUCN V20015 km²
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetlands Reserve Easement (ACEP-WRE)Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20155 km²
- Coil Estate Wildlife Mangement AreaWildlife Management AreaIUCN V20093 km²
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), Carlisle, KYConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20162 km²
- Axe Lake SwampState Nature PreserveIUCN V19912 km²
- Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Ballard, KYWatershed ProtectionIUCN V20102 km²
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), Ballard, KYConservation EasementIUCN V1 km²
- Us-Ky-42-2Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20080 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN