High Uintas
IUCN IbWilderness · 1984
1 837 km²
County · USA
Duchesne
United States
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(43 %)
Species observed
2 999
Observations
75 091
Area
8 427,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Duchesne : 21 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 16.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
35
Interactions affichées
99
Connectance
0.166
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
2 999 distinct species · 75 091 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
5,2°C
Annual rain
459mm
Warmest m°
26,1°C
Coldest m°
-11,6°C
Elevation: 2 367 m on average (min 1 523 m, max 3 847 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
5,2°C
Annual rain
459mm
Warmest month
26,1°C
Coldest month
-11,6°C
Mean alt.
2 367m
Min
1 523m
Max
3 847m
Std. dev.
551m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(43 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
31,9g/kg
Clay
24,3%
Sand
40,5%
Silt
35,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
53,2g/kg
Clay
23,6%
Sand
40,5%
Silt
36,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
26,7g/kg
Clay
24,7%
Sand
39,9%
Silt
35,4%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,3
Org. C
15,7g/kg
Clay
24,7%
Sand
40,9%
Silt
34,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest19.7%
Crops3.3%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil14.4%
Other (grassland, water…)62.6%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology18 basins · 28 lakes · 49 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 202,6km
Lake surface here
24,49km²
Basins crossed
18
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
95 977km²
Discharge in basins
134,0m³/s
Mean precip.
390mm/an
Mean T°
4,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,54
Max snow
59%
Mean runoff
48mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 335m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Uinta Riversub-area2 669,3 km²overlap1767.10 km²21%
- Bassin de Duchesne Riversub-area1 718,6 km²overlap1457.97 km²17%
- Bassin de Lake Fork Riversub-area1 301,5 km²overlap1302.26 km²15%
- Bassin de Strawberry Riversub-area926 km²overlap927.03 km²11%
- Bassin de Duchesne Riversub-area864 km²overlap864.97 km²10%
- Bassin de Green Riversub-area1 303,7 km²overlap710.35 km²8%
- Bassin de Nine Mile Creeksub-area1 163,5 km²overlap530.80 km²6%
- Bassin de Strawberry Riversub-area1 293 km²overlap373.76 km²4%
- Bassin de Red Creeksub-area785,1 km²overlap313.20 km²4%
9 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Price Riversub-area658,3 km²overlap90.19 km²1%
- Bassin de Duchesne Riversub-area172,9 km²overlap70.11 km²1%
- Bassin de Henrys Forksub-area1 506,4 km²overlap7.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Bear Riversub-area2 344,6 km²overlap5.97 km²0%
- Bassin de Little East Forksub-area155,1 km²overlap3.15 km²0%
- Bassin de West Fork Blacks Forksub-area174,3 km²overlap1.98 km²0%
- Bassin de East Red Castle Creeksub-area1 185 km²overlap1.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Weber Riversub-area1 106,9 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Green Riversub-area1 151,5 km²overlap0.20 km²0%
Lakes (28, top by area)
- Starvation Reservoirarea11,3 km²avg depth20.7 m
- Moon Lakearea3,1 km²avg depth14.4 m
- Lake Borehamarea1,5 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Big Sand Wash Reservoirarea1,3 km²avg depth13.5 m
- Lac 1055166area0,8 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 1055429area0,7 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1055430area0,7 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 1055605area0,6 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1055468area0,4 km²avg depth80.7 m
19 more lakes
- Lac 1055714area0,4 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Lac 1055521area0,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1055480area0,4 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1055378area0,3 km²avg depth7.7 m
- Lac 1055158area0,3 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1055196area0,2 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1055434area0,2 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 1055264area0,2 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Lac 1055397area0,2 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1055297area0,2 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1055284area0,2 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 1055421area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 1055349area0,2 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1055339area0,2 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1055342area0,1 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1055294area0,1 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1055396area0,1 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1055302area0,1 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1055971area0,1 km²avg depth8.0 m
Rivers / streams (49, ord ≥ 4)
- Duchesne Riverord 5len here205.81 km80%total257 km
- Lake Fork Riverord 3len here114.18 km100%total114 km
- Strawberry Riverord 5len here93.49 km60%total155 km
- Uinta Riverord 4len here72.65 km64%total113 km
- Red Creekord 4len here62.20 km61%total102 km
- Cottonwood Creekord 6len here60.13 km13%total474 km
- Nine Mile Creekord 7len here50.09 km36%total138 km
- Dry Gulch Creekord 3len here41.21 km61%total68 km
- Avintaquin Creekord 3len here34.90 km81%total43 km
- Yellowstone Creekord 3len here33.03 km100%total33 km
- Cottonwood Canyonord 5len here32.59 km26%total125 km
- Yellowstone Riverord 3len here29.80 km100%total30 km
37 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Big Sand Washord 3len here29.28 km100%total29 km
- Whiterocks Riverord 3len here24.61 km43%total57 km
- Dry Canyonord 3len here21.08 km100%total21 km
- Cottonwood Washord 6len here20.04 km3%total601 km
- Pole Creekord 3len here19.53 km19%total104 km
- Atwood Creekord 2len here13.83 km100%total14 km
- Spring Branch Creekord 1len here13.61 km100%total14 km
- Gray Mountain Canalord 3len here13.10 km100%total13 km
- West Fork Whiterocks Riverord 2len here12.81 km100%total13 km
- Fall Creekord 2len here12.69 km38%total34 km
- Swift Creekord 2len here12.23 km100%total12 km
- Currant Creekord 3len here11.93 km16%total76 km
- Rock Creekord 4len here11.66 km6%total204 km
- East Fork Duchesne Riverord 2len here11.37 km100%total11 km
- Brown Duck Creekord 1len here11.28 km100%total11 km
- Miners Gulchord 3len here11.04 km65%total17 km
- Oweep Creekord 1len here10.86 km100%total11 km
- Shale Creekord 2len here10.28 km100%total10 km
- West Fork Rock Creekord 2len here9.76 km100%total10 km
- Garfield Creekord 2len here8.77 km31%total28 km
- East Fork Rock Creekord 2len here8.49 km100%total9 km
- Minnie Maud Creekord 2len here8.11 km42%total19 km
- West Fork Duschene Riverord 3len here7.90 km22%total36 km
- Nahguch Creekord 1len here7.28 km100%total7 km
- Gilbert Creekord 1len here6.59 km100%total7 km
- Green Riverord 7len here6.48 km0%total1817 km
- Milk Creekord 2len here6.45 km29%total23 km
- Ottoson Creekord 2len here5.42 km100%total5 km
- Hades Creekord 1len here5.07 km100%total5 km
- East Fork Whiterocks Riverord 1len here4.44 km82%total5 km
- Fish Creekord 3len here3.67 km2%total150 km
- Rock Canyonord 2len here3.56 km5%total72 km
- Iron Mine Creekord 2len here2.79 km100%total3 km
- East Basin Creekord 1len here2.64 km100%total3 km
- Sinowauvf Creekord 1len here2.16 km100%total2 km
- Little Deer Creekord 1len here0.88 km100%total1 km
- Lilly Lake Creekord 1len here0.87 km100%total1 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,4nW
Built-up
5,2%
Pesticides
1,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas17
IUCN V · 11IUCN Ia · 3IUCN Not Assigned · 2IUCN Ib · 1
Tabby Mountain
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
190 km²
Vanderhoof Ranch or Avintaquin
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
137 km²
Currant Creek
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
87 km²
Rabbit Gulch
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
37 km²
Cottonwood
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
27 km²
Complete list17 protected areas
- High UintasWildernessIUCN Ib19841 837 km²
- Tabby MountainState Wildlife AreaIUCN V190 km²
- Vanderhoof Ranch or AvintaquinConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned137 km²
- Currant CreekState Wildlife AreaIUCN V87 km²
- Rabbit GulchState Wildlife AreaIUCN V37 km²
- CottonwoodState Wildlife AreaIUCN V27 km²
- Strawberry RiverState Wildlife AreaIUCN V26 km²
- Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), Duchesne, UTReserve ProgramIUCN V200719 km²
- Uinta Shale CreekResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia199112 km²
- Timber-Cow RidgeResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19915 km²
- Indian CanyonConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20014 km²
- Mallard SpringsState Wildlife AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Lance CanyonResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19911 km²
- Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 121State Wildlife Reserve/Management AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Usdi Bureau Of ReclamationConservation EasementIUCN V19811 km²
- Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 119State Wildlife Reserve/Management AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 120State Wildlife Reserve/Management AreaIUCN V0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN