HydroLAKES lake · #9154
Candlewood Lake
Surface area
20,31km²
Avg depth
13,3m
Volume
269,7km³
Shoreline
92,3km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FairfieldConnecticut · United States16.86 km²82.9% of lake
- LitchfieldConnecticut · United States3.47 km²17.1% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Squantz Pond
IUCN IIIState Park
0.01 km² overlap
Private Conservation
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
564 distinct species · 5 491 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Candlewood Lake : 30 espèces reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
20,31km²
Avg depth
13,3m
Volume
269,700km³
Watershed
104km²
Shoreline
92,3km
Shore dev. idx
5,78
Residence time
1 119days
Elevation
127m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.