Congaree Creek
IUCN IIIHeritage Preserve
2 km²
County · USA
Lexington
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
3 955
Observations
563 782
Area
1 956,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Lexington : 23 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
77
Connectance
0.122
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
3 955 distinct species · 563 782 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
17,4°C
Annual rain
1 206mm
Warmest m°
31,9°C
Coldest m°
3,4°C
Elevation: 121 m on average (min 25 m, max 197 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
17,4°C
Annual rain
1 206mm
Warmest month
31,9°C
Coldest month
3,4°C
Mean alt.
121m
Min
25m
Max
197m
Std. dev.
29m
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
24,2g/kg
Clay
19,1%
Sand
58,7%
Silt
22,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,2
Org. C
45,2g/kg
Clay
17,1%
Sand
59,9%
Silt
23,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
17,4g/kg
Clay
16,5%
Sand
60,8%
Silt
22,7%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
10,1g/kg
Clay
23,6%
Sand
55,3%
Silt
21,1%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest48.4%
Crops5.6%
Built-up2.3%
Bare soil1.3%
Other (grassland, water…)42.3%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology5 basins · 14 lakes · 33 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
285,7km
Lake surface here
135,00km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
22 110km²
Discharge in basins
185,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 204mm/an
Mean T°
17,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,14
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
430mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
107m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de North Fork Edisto Riversub-area2 016,5 km²overlap723.90 km²37%
- Bassin de Saluda Riversub-area924,3 km²overlap671.33 km²34%
- Bassin de Congaree Riversub-area1 809,3 km²overlap520.29 km²27%
- Bassin de Broad Riversub-area1 955,4 km²overlap22.90 km²1%
- Bassin de Clouds Creeksub-area873,2 km²overlap18.40 km²1%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Lake Murrayarea180,9 km²avg depth15.0 m
- Lac 1062244area0,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1062105area0,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1062208area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1062148area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1062335area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1062118area0,2 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1062180area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1062210area0,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
Rivers / streams (33, ord ≥ 4)
- Twelvemile Creekord 3len here33.09 km65%total51 km
- Saluda Riverord 5len here23.33 km10%total225 km
- Congaree Riverord 6len here20.78 km15%total137 km
- North Fork Edisto Riverord 4len here19.54 km12%total163 km
- Congaree Creekord 3len here18.01 km100%total18 km
- Little Hollow Creekord 3len here12.72 km100%total13 km
- Bear Creekord 5len here10.88 km34%total32 km
- Rocky Creekord 5len here10.37 km13%total77 km
- First Creekord 2len here10.20 km100%total10 km
- Old Man Terry's Creekord 2len here9.44 km100%total9 km
- Horse Creekord 2len here9.33 km28%total33 km
- Kinley Creekord 5len here8.95 km67%total13 km
21 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Second Creekord 1len here8.57 km100%total9 km
- Black Creek'ord 2len here8.44 km100%total8 km
- Hollow Creekord 2len here8.29 km100%total8 km
- Chinquapin Creekord 2len here7.88 km97%total8 km
- Rawls Creekord 1len here6.34 km100%total6 km
- Fourteenmile Creekord 2len here6.15 km100%total6 km
- Black Creekord 3len here5.85 km68%total9 km
- Whetstone Creekord 2len here5.23 km57%total9 km
- Scouter Branchord 1len here5.16 km100%total5 km
- Stinking Creekord 2len here5.08 km100%total5 km
- Little Creekord 3len here4.67 km14%total32 km
- Pond Branchord 2len here4.44 km100%total4 km
- Stevens Creekord 1len here4.41 km100%total4 km
- Camping Creekord 2len here3.63 km22%total16 km
- Chinguapin Creekord 2len here3.61 km55%total7 km
- Hood Branch Creekord 3len here3.52 km32%total11 km
- Beaverdam Creekord 5len here2.36 km2%total153 km
- Little Horse Creekord 1len here2.28 km100%total2 km
- Lorick Branchord 5len here2.14 km100%total2 km
- Bull Swamp Creekord 3len here0.84 km3%total25 km
- West Creekord 3len here0.14 km1%total11 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
4,9nW
Built-up
227,7%
Pesticides
26,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN III · 2IUCN V · 1
Shealy's Pond
IUCN IIIHeritage Preserve
0 km²
West Columbia Amphitheatre
IUCN VConservation Easement
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN