HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080468380
Bassin de Koshkonong 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 2 administrative regions : Dane, Jefferson
Sub-basin area
446,4km²
Upstream area
446,4km²
Discharge
3,83m³/s
Mean elev.
271m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 368.6 km²82.4% of basin
- Jefferson78.6 km²17.6% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Goose Lake
IUCN VWildlife Area
9.61 km² overlap
Reserve Program
6.29 km² overlap
Lake Mills
IUCN VWildlife Area
5.94 km² overlap
Reserve Program
2.27 km² overlap
Nature Preserve
0.72 km² overlap
Watershed Protection
0.51 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wi
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.23 km² overlap
Jefferson County
IUCN VIWaterfowl Production Area
0.17 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.13 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Dane County
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.11 km² overlap
Scattered Wildlife
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 073 distinct species · 164 769 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Koshkonong Creek : 32 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
7,8°C
Annual rain
821mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
272mm/an
PET
966mm
AET
694mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
69cm
Forest
21%
Crops
53%
Urban
5%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)