HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080387660
Bassin de West Fork Chippewa River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer
Sub-basin area
1 207,7km²
Upstream area
1 207,9km²
Discharge
13,81m³/s
Mean elev.
435m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 840.9 km²69.5% of basin
- Ashland292.6 km²24.2% of basin
- 77.1 km²6.4% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Chippewa Flowage
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
26.83 km² overlap
Chief River
IUCN VWildlife Area
4.81 km² overlap
Wilson Lake
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
4.70 km² overlap
Natural Area
1.58 km² overlap
Lewis Lake
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
1.28 km² overlap
Teal Lake
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.33 km² overlap
Mccarthy Lake And Cedars
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 586 distinct species · 78 296 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de West Fork Chippewa River : 30 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
4,0°C
Annual rain
824mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
419mm/an
PET
847mm
AET
669mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
69cm
Forest
92%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)