Waterfowl Production Area · usa
Big Stone County
- Area
- 66 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- Waterfowl Production Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
116 distinct species · 380 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Big Stone County : 30 espèces reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology144 basins · 14 lakes · 74 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
18,8km
Lake surface here
0,17km²
Basins crossed
144
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
122 371km²
Discharge in basins
3,1m³/s
Mean precip.
662mm/an
Mean T°
5,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,27
Max snow
32%
Mean runoff
161mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
347m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Stony Runsub-area332,3 km²overlap6.93 km²11%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area514,5 km²overlap4.77 km²7%
- Bassin de Lost Riversub-area1 651,3 km²overlap3.77 km²6%
- Bassin de Cannon Riversub-area3 793,6 km²overlap3.39 km²5%
- Bassin de Elk Riversub-area1 582,6 km²overlap2.35 km²4%
- Bassin de Long Prairie Riversub-area2 288,6 km²overlap1.79 km²3%
- Bassin de Redeye Riversub-area2 177,7 km²overlap1.39 km²2%
- Bassin de Otter Tail Riversub-area2 216,3 km²overlap1.34 km²2%
- Bassin de Watonwan Riversub-area2 364,1 km²overlap1.26 km²2%
135 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de South Fork Crow Riversub-area3 620,1 km²overlap1.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Little Rock Creeksub-area724,8 km²overlap1.17 km²2%
- Bassin de Rum Riversub-area531,3 km²overlap1.09 km²2%
- Bassin de Pomme de Terre Riversub-area2 086,8 km²overlap1.07 km²2%
- Bassin de Crow Wing Riversub-area1 730,9 km²overlap0.98 km²1%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area2 058,5 km²overlap0.96 km²1%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area17,3 km²overlap0.94 km²1%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area1 386,8 km²overlap0.94 km²1%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area2 716,2 km²overlap0.93 km²1%
- Bassin de North Fork Zumbro Riversub-area628,3 km²overlap0.90 km²1%
- Bassin de Sunrise Riversub-area1 055 km²overlap0.79 km²1%
- Bassin de South Branch Two Riverssub-area2 609,5 km²overlap0.73 km²1%
- Bassin de South Fork Zumbro Riversub-area916,8 km²overlap0.68 km²1%
- Bassin de West Branch Rum Riversub-area475,8 km²overlap0.68 km²1%
- Bassin de Grand Marais Creeksub-area817 km²overlap0.64 km²1%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area1 517,7 km²overlap0.59 km²1%
- Bassin de Vermillion Riversub-area856,1 km²overlap0.58 km²1%
- Bassin de Clearwater Riversub-area563,4 km²overlap0.58 km²1%
- Bassin de Sauk Riversub-area2 571 km²overlap0.57 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Minnesota Riversub-area1 903,4 km²overlap0.56 km²1%
- Bassin de Shell Rock Riversub-area1 368,6 km²overlap0.55 km²1%
- Bassin de Snake Riversub-area2 466 km²overlap0.53 km²1%
- Bassin de Tamarac Riversub-area2 538,5 km²overlap0.52 km²1%
- Bassin de South Branch Root Riversub-area735,2 km²overlap0.50 km²1%
- Bassin de North Fork Crow Riversub-area905,3 km²overlap0.50 km²1%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area817,8 km²overlap0.49 km²1%
- Bassin de Chippewa Riversub-area192,6 km²overlap0.46 km²1%
- Bassin de Rush Creeksub-area235,4 km²overlap0.45 km²1%
- Bassin de Red River of the Northsub-area1 195,8 km²overlap0.45 km²1%
- Bassin de Turtle Creeksub-area399,6 km²overlap0.45 km²1%
- Bassin de West Fork Beaver Creeksub-area643,7 km²overlap0.45 km²1%
- Bassin de East Branch Chippewa Riversub-area1 213 km²overlap0.45 km²1%
- Bassin de Des Moines Riversub-area1 342,9 km²overlap0.39 km²1%
- Bassin de Clearwater Riversub-area713,7 km²overlap0.38 km²1%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area74,3 km²overlap0.37 km²1%
- Bassin de Cottonwood Riversub-area353,7 km²overlap0.37 km²1%
- Bassin de East Fork Des Moines Riversub-area867,8 km²overlap0.37 km²1%
- Bassin de Root Riversub-area227,9 km²overlap0.36 km²1%
- Bassin de Rum Riversub-area410,5 km²overlap0.35 km²1%
- Bassin de Root Riversub-area374,3 km²overlap0.35 km²1%
- Bassin de Platte Riversub-area1 023,7 km²overlap0.34 km²1%
- Bassin de Red Lake Riversub-area1 078,1 km²overlap0.34 km²1%
- Bassin de Thief Riversub-area2 688 km²overlap0.33 km²1%
- Bassin de Cottonwood Riversub-area322,5 km²overlap0.33 km²1%
- Bassin de Sand Hill Riversub-area1 397,5 km²overlap0.32 km²0%
- Bassin de Zumbro Riversub-area315,4 km²overlap0.32 km²0%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area597,3 km²overlap0.32 km²0%
- Bassin de Red Lake Riversub-area1 661,5 km²overlap0.31 km²0%
- Bassin de Sand Creeksub-area688,5 km²overlap0.29 km²0%
- Bassin de Elm Creeksub-area620,6 km²overlap0.29 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruffy Brooksub-area178,1 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Blanche Creeksub-area477,8 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area1 499,5 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Wells Creeksub-area597,1 km²overlap0.27 km²0%
- Bassin de Red Lake Riversub-area372,3 km²overlap0.27 km²0%
- Bassin de Cottonwood Riversub-area740,4 km²overlap0.26 km²0%
- Bassin de Blueberry Riversub-area664,1 km²overlap0.26 km²0%
- Bassin de Rice Riversub-area1 823,9 km²overlap0.25 km²0%
- Bassin de Upper Badger Creeksub-area146,6 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Bear Creeksub-area623,8 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Lily Creeksub-area427,4 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Lac qui Parle Riversub-area2 481,3 km²overlap0.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area105,3 km²overlap0.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Burnham Creeksub-area469,3 km²overlap0.20 km²0%
- Bassin de Twelvemile Creeksub-area1 125 km²overlap0.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Middle Fork Zumbro Riversub-area519 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Rapid Riversub-area2 404,6 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Pelican Riversub-area1 281,1 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Cobb Riversub-area782,8 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Rum Riversub-area910,6 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Bevens Creeksub-area575,8 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Little Chippewa Riversub-area508,6 km²overlap0.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area519,7 km²overlap0.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Crow Wing Riversub-area755,6 km²overlap0.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Cedar Riversub-area634,3 km²overlap0.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Rice Creeksub-area196,2 km²overlap0.16 km²0%
- Bassin de South Fork Whitewater Riversub-area961,4 km²overlap0.16 km²0%
- Bassin de Wild Rice Riversub-area820,4 km²overlap0.16 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area690 km²overlap0.16 km²0%
- Bassin de Turtle Riversub-area720,7 km²overlap0.15 km²0%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area681,3 km²overlap0.15 km²0%
- Bassin de High Island Creeksub-area705,2 km²overlap0.15 km²0%
- Bassin de Outlet Creeksub-area403,6 km²overlap0.15 km²0%
- Bassin de Middle Branch Rush Riversub-area978,3 km²overlap0.14 km²0%
- Bassin de Blue Earth Riversub-area124,4 km²overlap0.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Zumbro Riversub-area442,7 km²overlap0.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Snake Riversub-area2 623 km²overlap0.12 km²0%
- Bassin de White Earth Riversub-area482,4 km²overlap0.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Rum Riversub-area616 km²overlap0.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Winter Road Riversub-area450,8 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Des Moines Riversub-area222,1 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area1 156,1 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Fivemile Creeksub-area339,2 km²overlap0.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Spring Creeksub-area164,1 km²overlap0.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Beaver Creeksub-area469,5 km²overlap0.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Des Moines Riversub-area351,1 km²overlap0.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Upper Iowa Riversub-area1 698,7 km²overlap0.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area443,1 km²overlap0.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Rum Riversub-area154,6 km²overlap0.09 km²0%
- Bassin de South Fork Root Riversub-area757 km²overlap0.09 km²0%
- Bassin de North Fork Yellow Bank Riversub-area1 237,8 km²overlap0.09 km²0%
- Bassin de South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro Riversub-area592,7 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Mayo Creeksub-area822,7 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Redwood Riversub-area1 892,8 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Baudette Riversub-area442,1 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de North Branch Root Riversub-area596,1 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Rock Riversub-area480,5 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Chippewa Riversub-area1 103,7 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Yellow Medicine Riversub-area1 737,1 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Lime Creeksub-area254,6 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Okabena Creeksub-area1 287,6 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
- Bassin du Sueur Riversub-area328,5 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
- Bassin de Winnebago Riversub-area1 685,4 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
- Bassin de North Fork Crow Riversub-area856,4 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
- Bassin de South Branch Wild Rice Riversub-area785,8 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area53,3 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Straight Riversub-area956,5 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Ocheyedan Riversub-area1 099,6 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Forest Prairie Creeksub-area391 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Rush Creeksub-area343,4 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Silver Creeksub-area293,3 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Garvin Brooksub-area274,7 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Cedar Creeksub-area196,4 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Little Cottonwood Riversub-area1 560,3 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Rock Riversub-area776,6 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Pool Sloughsub-area162,7 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Chippewa Riversub-area677,3 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Otter Tail Riversub-area453,8 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area123,2 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Crow Wing Riversub-area246,6 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Hawk Creeksub-area1 199,6 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Minnesota Riversub-area1 189,4 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Blue Earth Riversub-area39,2 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Kabekona Riversub-area1 532,7 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area208,6 km²overlap0.01 km²0%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Webster Slougharea14,7 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Artichoke Lakearea7,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Hanska Lakearea6,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Rice Lakearea2,4 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Big Twin Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Otrey Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Bentsen Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1042281area0,8 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1038147area0,7 km²avg depth2.5 m
Rivers / streams (74, ord ≥ 4)
- Lost Riverord 5len here1.41 km1%total274 km
- Red Lake Riverord 6len here1.11 km0%total314 km
- Minnesota Riverord 7len here0.90 km0%total659 km
- Chippewa Riverord 6len here0.67 km0%total654 km
- Cannon Riverord 4len here0.65 km0%total224 km
- Des Moines Riverord 6len here0.64 km0%total913 km
- Stony Runord 3len here0.60 km3%total23 km
- South Fork Watonwan Riverord 3len here0.59 km1%total100 km
- Fish Creekord 5len here0.57 km0%total378 km
- East Branch Chippewa Riverord 4len here0.51 km1%total93 km
- Root Riverord 4len here0.51 km0%total130 km
- Straight Riverord 3len here0.47 km0%total130 km
62 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Crane Creekord 3len here0.46 km0%total298 km
- Cat Riverord 2len here0.45 km2%total27 km
- Blue Earth Riverord 6len here0.43 km0%total125 km
- South Branch Rush Riverord 3len here0.41 km3%total12 km
- Coal Mine Creekord 1len here0.39 km2%total21 km
- Birch Coulee Creekord 2len here0.39 km2%total23 km
- Platte Riverord 7len here0.39 km0%total1167 km
- Poplar Riverord 5len here0.39 km0%total551 km
- South Fork Crow Riverord 5len here0.38 km0%total218 km
- Aitkin Flood Diversion Channelord 3len here0.36 km3%total11 km
- Hill Riverord 3len here0.36 km0%total94 km
- Scheldorf Creekord 4len here0.30 km7%total4 km
- Swan Riverord 3len here0.29 km0%total138 km
- South Fork Zumbro Riverord 3len here0.29 km0%total78 km
- Little Elk Riverord 3len here0.29 km1%total35 km
- Trout Brookord 2len here0.28 km0%total57 km
- Clearwater Riverord 4len here0.27 km0%total550 km
- Meadow Creekord 5len here0.26 km0%total225 km
- Watonwan Riverord 4len here0.25 km0%total140 km
- Stony Brookord 4len here0.23 km0%total96 km
- Wolf Creekord 5len here0.23 km0%total1706 km
- Estes Brookord 2len here0.22 km1%total30 km
- Pomme de Terre Riverord 5len here0.22 km0%total337 km
- County Ditch #17ord 1len here0.19 km3%total6 km
- Falls Creekord 2len here0.18 km1%total33 km
- West Branch Saint Francis Riverord 2len here0.18 km2%total8 km
- Canfield Creekord 3len here0.17 km1%total27 km
- Elk Riverord 5len here0.17 km0%total1242 km
- Shell Rock Riverord 5len here0.17 km0%total288 km
- Chub Creekord 2len here0.17 km1%total26 km
- Butterfield Creekord 2len here0.14 km0%total40 km
- Cobb Riverord 3len here0.14 km0%total102 km
- Blueberry Riverord 3len here0.14 km0%total42 km
- Beaver Creekord 6len here0.14 km0%total3076 km
- Rock Riverord 6len here0.13 km0%total776 km
- Harkcom Creekord 1len here0.09 km1%total8 km
- Little Cobb Riverord 2len here0.08 km0%total53 km
- Leaf Riverord 4len here0.07 km0%total123 km
- Fishhook Riverord 3len here0.07 km0%total34 km
- Goose Creekord 5len here0.06 km0%total664 km
- South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro Riverord 2len here0.06 km0%total60 km
- Turtle Riverord 3len here0.06 km0%total168 km
- High Island Creekord 3len here0.05 km0%total90 km
- County Ditch Number Ninteenord 1len here0.04 km0%total10 km
- Gribben Creekord 1len here0.04 km1%total5 km
- North Branch Two Riversord 4len here0.03 km0%total68 km
- Turtle Creekord 6len here0.02 km0%total467 km
- Ocheyedan Riverord 3len here0.02 km0%total112 km
- Fletcher Creekord 2len here0.01 km0%total44 km
- East Fork Des Moines Riverord 4len here≈ tangenttotal262 km
- North Fork Zumbro Riverord 2len here≈ tangenttotal80 km
- County Ditch Number Fiftysevenord 1len here≈ tangenttotal12 km
- Outlet Creekord 3len here≈ tangenttotal67 km
- Center Creekord 4len here≈ tangenttotal120 km
- North Branch Root Riverord 3len here≈ tangenttotal65 km
- Rush Creekord 4len here≈ tangenttotal669 km
- Belle Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal61 km
- Bull Run Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal36 km
- Willow Creekord 6len here≈ tangenttotal1007 km
- Mink Creekord 3len here≈ tangenttotal66 km
- County Ditch Number Fortythreeord 1len here≈ tangenttotal9 km
- Whiskey Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal16 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 45.40969, -96.39642
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.