Buffalo Creek
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
4 km²
County · USA
Buchanan
United States
DfaCold, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
813
Observations
20 101
Area
1 484,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Buchanan : 29 espèces reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
38
Interactions affichées
80
Connectance
0.114
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
813 distinct species · 20 101 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
8,7°C
Annual rain
979mm
Warmest m°
27,6°C
Coldest m°
-11,4°C
Elevation: 300 m on average (min 246 m, max 346 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
8,7°C
Annual rain
979mm
Warmest month
27,6°C
Coldest month
-11,4°C
Mean alt.
300m
Min
246m
Max
346m
Std. dev.
20m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfaCold, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
22,4g/kg
Clay
23,3%
Sand
39,0%
Silt
37,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,2
Org. C
33,1g/kg
Clay
23,3%
Sand
39,0%
Silt
37,7%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
21,4g/kg
Clay
23,3%
Sand
39,0%
Silt
37,7%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
12,8g/kg
Clay
23,3%
Sand
39,1%
Silt
37,6%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest7.0%
Crops79.2%
Built-up0.4%
Bare soil0.4%
Other (grassland, water…)12.9%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 1 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
334,3km
Lake surface here
0,45km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
16 044km²
Discharge in basins
57,0m³/s
Mean precip.
877mm/an
Mean T°
8,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,11
Max snow
18%
Mean runoff
268mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
297m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Wapsipinicon Riversub-area1 108,9 km²overlap669.18 km²45%
- Bassin de Cedar Riversub-area1 463,2 km²overlap344.26 km²23%
- Bassin de Buffalo Creeksub-area600,5 km²overlap211.68 km²14%
- Bassin de Maquoketa Riversub-area953,3 km²overlap149.81 km²10%
- Bassin de Little Wapsipinicon Riversub-area549,5 km²overlap84.22 km²6%
- Bassin de Wapsipinicon Riversub-area504,6 km²overlap25.52 km²2%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- Wapsipinicon Riverord 4len here66.13 km16%total402 km
- Otter Creekord 4len here29.98 km2%total1381 km
- Buffalo Creekord 7len here29.65 km2%total1209 km
- West Branch Buffalo Creekord 1len here25.03 km73%total34 km
- Lime Creekord 3len here24.66 km25%total100 km
- Bear Creekord 6len here22.03 km1%total2230 km
- Pine Creekord 4len here20.53 km4%total522 km
- Little Wapsipinicon Riverord 3len here14.57 km11%total136 km
- Hunter Creekord 9len here13.10 km23%total57 km
- Sand Creekord 5len here10.70 km1%total1636 km
- Prairie Creekord 5len here10.55 km1%total759 km
- South Fork Maquoketa Riverord 2len here10.31 km42%total25 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Malone Creekord 4len here9.44 km30%total32 km
- Buck Creekord 5len here9.42 km2%total589 km
- Mud Creekord 6len here6.30 km0%total1406 km
- Spring Creekord 5len here6.18 km0%total2668 km
- Lamont Creekord 2len here5.42 km100%total5 km
- Nash Creekord 1len here4.96 km100%total5 km
- West Branch Pine Creekord 2len here4.55 km33%total14 km
- Hazelton Creekord 1len here4.49 km100%total4 km
- Smith Creekord 3len here3.23 km2%total185 km
- Harter Creekord 1len here3.05 km100%total3 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,5nW
Built-up
41,5%
Pesticides
7,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas36
IUCN V · 36
Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Buchanan, IA
IUCN VWatershed Protection · 2000
2 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Buchanan, IA
IUCN VReserve Program · 2001
2 km²
Crumbacher
IUCN VWildlife Area
1 km²
Troy Mills
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
1 km²
Frogville
IUCN VAccess
1 km²
Complete list36 protected areas
- Buffalo CreekWildlife Management AreaIUCN V4 km²
- Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Buchanan, IAWatershed ProtectionIUCN V20002 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Buchanan, IAReserve ProgramIUCN V20012 km²
- CrumbacherWildlife AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Troy MillsWildlife Management AreaIUCN V1 km²
- FrogvilleAccessIUCN V1 km²
- Guy Grover Timber & Tree PlantingsGroveIUCN V1 km²
- CortrightWildlife AreaIUCN V1 km²
- OttervilleWildlife Management AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Newton TownshipNatural AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Cedar RockWildlife Management AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Koutny Pond/Hoffman WoodsPondIUCN V1 km²
- Buckles & ClayWildlife Management AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Mickey FoxWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Otter CreekWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Hodges and NorthWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Fox Twp.Wildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Buffalo CreekWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Ham MarshLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Patton PrairieLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Rowley FenLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Fairbank FenLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Bearbower Sand PrairieLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Iron Bridge WoodlandLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Wehner WoodsLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Cutshaw BridgeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Nibeck AreaLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Anderson Addition to Cutshall AreaLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Schneider-Heinich-Rowe WL AreaLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- HooverWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- PuttyrootPreserveIUCN V0 km²
- Blazing Star PrairieLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- SwartzPreserveIUCN V0 km²
- Bryantsburg PrairieLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Van LaninghamWildlife AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Iron Bridge WoodlandLocal Conservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN