Croatan Game Land
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area · 1971
653 km²
County · USA
Craven
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
1 934
Observations
228 793
Area
1 836km²
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 Craven : 27 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
70
Connectance
0.111
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
1 934 distinct species · 228 793 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
16,8°C
Annual rain
1 391mm
Warmest m°
30,6°C
Coldest m°
3,1°C
Elevation: 8 m on average (min -3 m, max 23 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
16,8°C
Annual rain
1 391mm
Warmest month
30,6°C
Coldest month
3,1°C
Mean alt.
8m
Min
-3m
Max
23m
Std. dev.
4m
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
4,8
Org. C
51,2g/kg
Clay
23,5%
Sand
34,6%
Silt
41,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
4,7
Org. C
83,2g/kg
Clay
21,9%
Sand
35,8%
Silt
42,3%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
4,8
Org. C
40,5g/kg
Clay
21,8%
Sand
35,5%
Silt
42,7%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
4,8
Org. C
29,8g/kg
Clay
26,7%
Sand
32,6%
Silt
40,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest64.7%
Crops8.3%
Built-up1.0%
Bare soil0.3%
Other (grassland, water…)25.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology10 basins · 16 lakes · 39 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
321,6km
Lake surface here
30,62km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
11 711km²
Discharge in basins
275,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 335mm/an
Mean T°
16,5°C
Moisture idx
0,05
Max snow
3%
Mean runoff
462mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
12m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Swift Creeksub-area978,1 km²overlap423.47 km²23%
- Bassin de Core Creeksub-area495,4 km²overlap414.94 km²23%
- Bassin de Adams Creek Canalsub-area1 504,3 km²overlap336.61 km²18%
- Bassin de White Oak Riversub-area953,9 km²overlap199.41 km²11%
- Bassin de Bachelor Creeksub-area196,8 km²overlap168.86 km²9%
- Bassin de Trent Riversub-area1 205,8 km²overlap129.54 km²7%
- Bassin de Upper Broad Creeksub-area1 822,8 km²overlap116.11 km²6%
- Bassin de Neuse Riversub-area1 262,9 km²overlap20.60 km²1%
- Bassin de Northwest Prong Newport Riversub-area191,8 km²overlap18.10 km²1%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (16, top by area)
- Great Lakearea11,1 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Long Lakearea4,5 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lake Ellis Simonarea4,2 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Catfish Lakearea3,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #12982area2,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Little Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lake #13026area1,5 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1060683area0,8 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1060638area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
Rivers / streams (39, ord ≥ 4)
- Swift Creekord 5len here41.45 km29%total144 km
- Core Creekord 3len here39.70 km98%total40 km
- Bachelor Creekord 2len here23.52 km89%total26 km
- Mauls Swampord 2len here17.44 km100%total17 km
- Neuse Riverord 5len here15.40 km5%total290 km
- Greens Thorofareord 5len here13.63 km100%total14 km
- Palmetto Swampord 2len here12.64 km74%total17 km
- Upper Broad Creekord 2len here12.58 km51%total25 km
- Halfmoon Creekord 2len here9.85 km100%total10 km
- Little Swift Creekord 2len here9.76 km53%total19 km
- Pine Tree Swampord 2len here9.58 km100%total10 km
- Caswell Branchord 2len here9.04 km100%total9 km
27 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Brice Creekord 2len here8.78 km97%total9 km
- Turkey Quarter Creekord 5len here8.61 km100%total9 km
- Creeping Swampord 1len here8.13 km77%total11 km
- Kit Swampord 1len here6.84 km100%total7 km
- Trent Riverord 4len here5.66 km4%total152 km
- Hancock Creekord 1len here5.61 km100%total6 km
- Tucker Creekord 1len here5.43 km91%total6 km
- Adams Creek Canalord 2len here5.40 km42%total13 km
- Wolf Pit Branchord 1len here4.83 km100%total5 km
- Flat Swampord 1len here4.75 km100%total5 km
- Grinnel Creekord 5len here4.02 km54%total7 km
- Fisher Swampord 1len here3.87 km100%total4 km
- Still Gutord 1len here3.69 km100%total4 km
- Folley Branchord 2len here3.64 km100%total4 km
- Black Branchord 1len here3.03 km100%total3 km
- Beaverdam Branchord 1len here3.02 km100%total3 km
- Deep Branchord 1len here2.91 km100%total3 km
- Mills Branchord 2len here2.58 km100%total3 km
- Bushy Forkord 1len here2.41 km100%total2 km
- Mosley Creekord 1len here2.30 km100%total2 km
- Fork Swampord 1len here2.28 km11%total21 km
- Hunters Creekord 4len here2.19 km9%total25 km
- Rocky Runord 1len here2.12 km94%total2 km
- Back Creekord 1len here1.45 km30%total5 km
- Otter Creekord 1len here1.32 km88%total2 km
- Clayroot Swampord 3len here1.12 km4%total25 km
- Jacks Sloughord 4len here1.02 km13%total8 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
1,7nW
Built-up
97,5%
Pesticides
16,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas14
IUCN V · 5IUCN Not Assigned · 4IUCN Ib · 3IUCN VI · 1IUCN Ia · 1🌊 Marine · 6
Sheep Ridge
IUCN IbWilderness · 1984
38 km²
Catfish Lake South
IUCN IbWilderness · 1984
34 km²
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
IUCN VPreserve
26 km²
North American Land Trust
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
25 km²
Pond Pine
IUCN IbWilderness · 1984
7 km²
Complete list14 protected areas
- Croatan Game LandMarine Protected AreaIUCN VI1971653 km²
- Sheep RidgeWildernessIUCN Ib198438 km²
- Catfish Lake SouthWildernessIUCN Ib198434 km²
- North Carolina Coastal Land TrustPreserveIUCN V26 km²
- North American Land TrustEasementIUCN Not Assigned25 km²
- Pond PineWildernessIUCN Ib19847 km²
- Us-Nc-40-20Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20034 km²
- North Carolina Coastal Land TrustEasementIUCN V3 km²
- US-NC-40-14 Mitigation or Eco-Asset ProjectMitigationIUCN Not Assigned20032 km²
- Us-Nc-40-23Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20032 km²
- Pond PineResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19771 km²
- Neuse River Game LState Conservation AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Craven, NCReserve ProgramIUCN V19930 km²
- Lawson CreekNature PreserveIUCN V0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN