Rockcastle River Watershed
IUCN VWatershed · 2002
5 km²
County · USA
Laurel
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
1 809
Observations
52 981
Area
1 152,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Laurel : 26 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
38
Interactions affichées
74
Connectance
0.105
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
1 809 distinct species · 52 981 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
13,7°C
Annual rain
1 279mm
Warmest m°
29,3°C
Coldest m°
-1,7°C
Elevation: 353 m on average (min 266 m, max 415 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
13,7°C
Annual rain
1 279mm
Warmest month
29,3°C
Coldest month
-1,7°C
Mean alt.
353m
Min
266m
Max
415m
Std. dev.
21m
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
34,0g/kg
Clay
24,6%
Sand
25,9%
Silt
49,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
66,0g/kg
Clay
21,0%
Sand
28,4%
Silt
50,6%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
25,3g/kg
Clay
23,8%
Sand
25,8%
Silt
50,4%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
10,8g/kg
Clay
28,9%
Sand
23,4%
Silt
47,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest69.0%
Crops7.9%
Built-up1.0%
Bare soil0.3%
Other (grassland, water…)21.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 4 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
231,1km
Lake surface here
13,97km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 070km²
Discharge in basins
39,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 257mm/an
Mean T°
12,6°C
Moisture idx
0,06
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
466mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
363m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Rockcastle Riversub-area1 968,4 km²overlap640.66 km²56%
- Bassin de Laurel Riversub-area727,8 km²overlap485.70 km²42%
- Bassin de Cumberland Riversub-area45,1 km²overlap10.74 km²1%
- Bassin de South Fork Kentucky Riversub-area1 946,9 km²overlap10.66 km²1%
- Bassin de Cumberland Riversub-area3 150,9 km²overlap5.00 km²0%
- Bassin de Cumberland Riversub-area120,3 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Laurel Riverord 4len here56.13 km80%total70 km
- Rockcastle Riverord 4len here43.29 km43%total100 km
- Sinking Creekord 5len here25.75 km8%total319 km
- South Fork Rockcastle Riverord 3len here25.11 km40%total62 km
- Little Laurel Riverord 1len here24.30 km100%total24 km
- Wood Creekord 3len here16.08 km25%total65 km
- Vanhook Branchord 1len here11.62 km100%total12 km
- Lynn Camp Creekord 3len here10.56 km56%total19 km
- Poison Honey Forkord 1len here6.39 km100%total6 km
- Cumberland Riverord 6len here3.69 km0%total1527 km
- Pine Island Branchord 4len here3.29 km92%total4 km
- Roundstone Creekord 3len here1.65 km8%total21 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
2,1nW
Built-up
102,1%
Pesticides
4,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas5
IUCN V · 4IUCN Ia · 1
Rockcastle River Watershed Fee
IUCN VWatershed · 1989
2 km²
Rockcastle Wild River - Reynolds Wildlife and Watershed
IUCN VConservation Area · 2006
1 km²
Rock Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area · 1939
1 km²
Whitley Branch Wetland Restoration Project
IUCN VWetland · 2009
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN