Ruisseau· 5 segments
Butterfield Creek
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cook, Cottonwood, Watonwan
Total length
173km
Max discharge
1,1m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
5
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- WatonwanMinnesota · United States36.1 kmin this dpt
- CookIllinois · United States3.6 kmin this dpt
- CottonwoodMinnesota · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
8 intersecting protected areas
Martin County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
Plank Road Meadow Boat Launch
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserve
Big Stone County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
Permanent
IUCN VWetland Preserve
South Greenbelt
IUCN VGreenbelt
Bartel Grassland
IUCN VLand And Water Reserve
Curry
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Old Plank Road Prairie
IUCN VNature Preserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 5 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
251 distinct species · 2 731 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Butterfield Creek : 29 espèces reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
173km
Max discharge
1,1m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
5
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.