Garden Of The Gods
IUCN IbWilderness · 1990
16 km²
County · USA
Gallatin
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
1 884
Observations
14 902
Area
859,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Gallatin : 32 espèces reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
41
Interactions affichées
80
Connectance
0.098
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
1 884 distinct species · 14 902 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
14,2°C
Annual rain
1 165mm
Warmest m°
31,0°C
Coldest m°
-2,5°C
Elevation: 117 m on average (min 99 m, max 220 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
14,2°C
Annual rain
1 165mm
Warmest month
31,0°C
Coldest month
-2,5°C
Mean alt.
117m
Min
99m
Max
220m
Std. dev.
16m
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
6,2
Org. C
17,7g/kg
Clay
30,7%
Sand
11,3%
Silt
58,0%
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
6,2
Org. C
31,5g/kg
Clay
29,8%
Sand
11,6%
Silt
58,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,2
Org. C
13,1g/kg
Clay
29,3%
Sand
11,5%
Silt
59,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
8,4g/kg
Clay
32,9%
Sand
10,7%
Silt
56,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest25.8%
Crops60.6%
Built-up0.2%
Bare soil0.2%
Other (grassland, water…)13.1%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 8 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
189,5km
Lake surface here
1,35km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
370 941km²
Discharge in basins
3 310,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 140mm/an
Mean T°
13,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,04
Max snow
3%
Mean runoff
372mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
128m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de South Fork Saline Riversub-area3 025,8 km²overlap581.82 km²68%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area262,1 km²overlap128.99 km²15%
- Bassin de Wabash Riversub-area156,8 km²overlap118.88 km²14%
- Bassin de Little Wabash Riversub-area328,4 km²overlap29.01 km²3%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area1 143 km²overlap0.56 km²0%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area62,8 km²overlap0.50 km²0%
- Bassin de Wabash Riversub-area153,3 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (8, top by area)
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- Saline Riverord 5len here41.94 km4%total1118 km
- North Fork Saline Riverord 4len here40.24 km28%total142 km
- Cane Creekord 5len here33.56 km9%total370 km
- Wabash Riverord 7len here19.79 km2%total1218 km
- Eagle Creekord 4len here12.71 km2%total531 km
- Ohio Riverord 9len here11.77 km1%total2174 km
- Crawford Creekord 4len here11.73 km35%total34 km
- Little Eagle Creekord 2len here8.00 km14%total56 km
- Little Wabash Riverord 5len here5.06 km1%total427 km
- Beaver Creekord 6len here2.25 km0%total3076 km
- Thacker Holloword 1len here1.60 km100%total2 km
- Robinette Creekord 1len here0.89 km100%total1 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,3nW
Built-up
20,6%
Pesticides
8,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas16
IUCN V · 15IUCN Ib · 1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Union, KY
IUCN VReserve Program · 1998
12 km²
Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Posey, IN
IUCN VWatershed Protection · 1998
9 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Posey, IN
IUCN VReserve Program · 1999
7 km²
Little Wabash River
IUCN VConservation Area
7 km²
Saline County
IUCN VState Conservation Area
5 km²
Complete list16 protected areas
- Garden Of The GodsWildernessIUCN Ib199016 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Union, KYReserve ProgramIUCN V199812 km²
- Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Posey, INWatershed ProtectionIUCN V19989 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Posey, INReserve ProgramIUCN V19997 km²
- Little Wabash RiverConservation AreaIUCN V7 km²
- Saline CountyState Conservation AreaIUCN V5 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Gallatin, ILReserve ProgramIUCN V20014 km²
- Wabash Lowlands WetlandConservation AreaIUCN V3 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), White, ILReserve ProgramIUCN V20102 km²
- Ohio-Wabash Confluence FeePrivate Conservation LandIUCN V20111 km²
- Section Six Southern FlatwoodsNature PreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), Gallatin, ILConservation EasementIUCN V1 km²
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), Posey, INConservation EasementIUCN V20181 km²
- Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Gallatin, ILWatershed ProtectionIUCN V20101 km²
- Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWetlands Reserve Program (WRP)), Gallatin, ILReserve ProgramIUCN V19980 km²
- GoosePondIUCN V0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN