Wilderness Area · usa
Indian Peaks
- Area
- 316 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1978
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1978
- Managing authority
- County Land ; Forest Service ; National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 046 distinct species · 29 419 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Indian Peaks : 31 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 2 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
38,8km
Lake surface here
0,19km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 550km²
Discharge in basins
0,7m³/s
Mean precip.
555mm/an
Mean T°
2,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,32
Max snow
49%
Mean runoff
89mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 657m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Buchanan Creekord 2len here10.56 km100%total11 km
- Arapaho Creekord 2len here8.79 km65%total13 km
- Coney Creekord 2len here5.87 km45%total13 km
- Jasper Creekord 2len here5.41 km45%total12 km
- Cascade Creekord 3len here3.22 km14%total23 km
- Roaring Fork Arapaho Creekord 2len here3.02 km28%total11 km
- South Saint Vrain Creekord 2len here1.23 km3%total40 km
- North Fork Middle Boulder Creekord 2len here0.74 km8%total9 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 40.05958, -105.67106
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.