Ruisseau· 10 segments

Grindstone Creek

Crosses 6 administrative regions : Algoma, Halton, Hamilton, Lake Ontario, Osceola +1

ruisseau

Total length

355km

Max discharge

2m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70804543206325 km²

6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Oswego
New York · United States
20.7 km
in this dpt
Osceola
Michigan · United States
19.1 km
in this dpt
Halton
Ontario · Canada
6.8 km
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Hamilton
Ontario · Canada
3.6 km
in this dpt
Algoma
Ontario · Canada
2.8 km
in this dpt
Lake Ontario
New York · United States
1.8 km
in this dpt

11 intersecting protected areas

Mississagi River Provincial Park (Waterway Class)
IUCN II
Provincial Park
Happy Valley
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Oswego County Lands
IUCN V
Local Conservation Area
Cootes Paradise Sanctuary
IUCN IV
Provincial Plan Protected Area
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Oswego, NY
IUCN V
Reserve Program
Waterdown Woods Natural Area
IUCN III
Conservation Area
Sheelah Dunn Dooley Nature Sanctuary
IUCN III
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
McNally
IUCN Ia
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
Smokey Hollow
IUCN Ia
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property

2 more protected areassorted by area

Bonta
IUCN IV
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
Anita Dutka Buchin Nature Sanctuary
IUCN III
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property

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Species present

401 distinct species · 3 703 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 39 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

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Grindstone Creek : 28 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.111

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)