HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080394890

Bassin de Rush Creek

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 : Chisago, Isanti, Pine

70% lakePfafstetter: 74287836

Sub-basin area

235,4km²

Upstream area

235,4km²

Discharge

1,92m³/s

Mean elev.

281m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Saint Croix River105 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Chisago
Minnesota · United States
215.6 km²
91.4% of basin
Pine
Minnesota · United States
20.2 km²
8.6% of basin
Isanti
Minnesota · United States
0.1 km²
0.1% of basin

8 intersecting protected areas

Rush Lake
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
2.65 km² overlap
Big Stone County
IUCN V
Waterfowl Production Area
0.45 km² overlap
Rush Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Chisago)
IUCN V
Lake
0.37 km² overlap
Nessel
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
0.29 km² overlap
Saint Croix
IUCN V
National Scenic Riverway
0.27 km² overlap
Rush Lake Island State Scientific and
IUCN V
Natural Area
0.09 km² overlap
Permanent
IUCN V
Wetland Preserve
0.04 km² overlap
Scenic
IUCN Not Assigned
Easement
0.03 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

571 distinct species · 12 569 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 38 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 Bassin de Rush Creek : 29 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.108

Patrimoniales

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

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

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

5,5°C

Annual rain

755mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,15

Runoff

261mm/an

PET

892mm

AET

639mm

Mean slope

0,8°

Water table

22cm

Forest

37%

Crops

31%

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)