West Point
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
43 km²
County · USA
Heard
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
694
Observations
8 537
Area
784,1km²
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
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Heard : 30 espèces reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
40
Interactions affichées
67
Connectance
0.086
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
694 distinct species · 8 537 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
16,7°C
Annual rain
1 351mm
Warmest m°
31,1°C
Coldest m°
2,5°C
Elevation: 257 m on average (min 199 m, max 406 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
16,7°C
Annual rain
1 351mm
Warmest month
31,1°C
Coldest month
2,5°C
Mean alt.
257m
Min
199m
Max
406m
Std. dev.
43m
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
5,3
Org. C
21,9g/kg
Clay
25,2%
Sand
44,6%
Silt
30,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
44,0g/kg
Clay
22,2%
Sand
46,8%
Silt
30,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
14,9g/kg
Clay
22,6%
Sand
46,5%
Silt
30,9%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,2
Org. C
6,8g/kg
Clay
30,6%
Sand
40,6%
Silt
28,8%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest75.6%
Crops2.8%
Built-up0.3%
Bare soil0.4%
Other (grassland, water…)20.9%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 4 lakes · 24 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
225,5km
Lake surface here
4,92km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 446km²
Discharge in basins
100,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 360mm/an
Mean T°
15,9°C
Moisture idx
0,00
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
462mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
276m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Chattahoochee Riversub-area2 127,9 km²overlap571.45 km²73%
- Bassin de New Riversub-area401,2 km²overlap99.31 km²13%
- Bassin de Whitewater Creeksub-area159,4 km²overlap39.79 km²5%
- Bassin de Wehadkee Creeksub-area398,5 km²overlap34.11 km²4%
- Bassin de Chattahoochee Riversub-area138,3 km²overlap22.65 km²3%
- Bassin de Little Tallapoosa Riversub-area1 552,9 km²overlap16.82 km²2%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (24, ord ≥ 4)
- Hillabahatchee Creekord 5len here46.82 km100%total47 km
- Chattahoochee Riverord 5len here35.33 km4%total795 km
- Centralhatchee Creekord 2len here28.36 km100%total28 km
- New Riverord 5len here12.56 km40%total31 km
- Brush Creekord 1len here12.24 km100%total12 km
- Town Creekord 3len here10.57 km28%total38 km
- Clear Creekord 1len here9.01 km69%total13 km
- Little Wehadkee Creekord 1len here8.96 km81%total11 km
- Pink Creekord 1len here7.75 km100%total8 km
- Whitewater Creekord 3len here6.42 km7%total93 km
- Gum Creekord 3len here5.30 km11%total48 km
- Hilly Mill Creekord 2len here5.04 km100%total5 km
12 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Potato Creekord 4len here4.97 km7%total75 km
- Dukes Creekord 2len here4.83 km25%total19 km
- Zachry Creekord 1len here4.35 km100%total4 km
- Yellowdirt Creekord 2len here4.00 km27%total15 km
- Harris Creekord 1len here3.99 km56%total7 km
- Caney Creekord 2len here3.63 km13%total27 km
- Fromby Creekord 1len here3.43 km100%total3 km
- Denny Creekord 1len here1.90 km100%total2 km
- Shoal Creekord 3len here1.74 km2%total75 km
- Tolieson Branchord 1len here1.57 km100%total2 km
- Mountain Creekord 3len here1.42 km2%total58 km
- Little Creekord 2len here1.30 km4%total33 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
31,5%
Pesticides
1,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas8
IUCN Not Assigned · 4IUCN V · 2IUCN III · 2
Chattahoochee Bend
IUCN IIIState Park
12 km²
Bush Head Shoals
IUCN IIIState Park
3 km²
Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust Easement #598
IUCN Not AssignedEasement · 2012
1 km²
Heard Highway
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1 km²
Nature Conservancy - Camp Meeting Rock #275
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement · 1993
0 km²
Complete list8 protected areas
- West PointWildlife Management AreaIUCN V43 km²
- Chattahoochee BendState ParkIUCN III12 km²
- Bush Head ShoalsState ParkIUCN III3 km²
- Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust Easement #598EasementIUCN Not Assigned20121 km²
- Heard HighwayConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned1 km²
- Nature Conservancy - Camp Meeting Rock #275Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned19930 km²
- Bundt Mitigation BankMitigation BankIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Camp Meeting RockEasementIUCN V19920 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN