South Cherokee National Forest &
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
1 196 km²
County · USA
McMinn
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
1 215
Observations
30 232
Area
1 120,3km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 McMinn : 33 espèces reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
43
Interactions affichées
90
Connectance
0.100
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
1 215 distinct species · 30 232 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 408mm
Warmest m°
30,7°C
Coldest m°
0,6°C
Elevation: 278 m on average (min 211 m, max 590 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 408mm
Warmest month
30,7°C
Coldest month
0,6°C
Mean alt.
278m
Min
211m
Max
590m
Std. dev.
40m
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
5,5
Org. C
23,4g/kg
Clay
25,1%
Sand
32,0%
Silt
43,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
44,2g/kg
Clay
23,7%
Sand
32,8%
Silt
43,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
18,0g/kg
Clay
25,1%
Sand
31,9%
Silt
43,0%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
8,1g/kg
Clay
26,3%
Sand
31,2%
Silt
42,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest58.8%
Crops9.4%
Built-up1.0%
Bare soil0.3%
Other (grassland, water…)30.4%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 4 lakes · 41 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
347,4km
Lake surface here
2,33km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
45 683km²
Discharge in basins
185,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 431mm/an
Mean T°
14,1°C
Moisture idx
0,10
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
799mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
302m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Hiwassee Riversub-area1 447,5 km²overlap613.48 km²55%
- Bassin de Chestuee Creeksub-area344,9 km²overlap229.47 km²20%
- Bassin de Hiwassee Riversub-area1 281,3 km²overlap133.42 km²12%
- Bassin de Tennessee Riversub-area2 008,4 km²overlap104.83 km²9%
- Bassin de Sweetwater Creeksub-area155,7 km²overlap22.67 km²2%
- Bassin de Tennessee Riversub-area459,9 km²overlap16.41 km²1%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (41, ord ≥ 4)
- North Mouse Creekord 2len here48.15 km100%total48 km
- Oostanaula Creekord 2len here45.45 km99%total46 km
- Chestuee Creekord 3len here33.43 km66%total50 km
- Rogers Creekord 3len here24.31 km46%total53 km
- Spring Creekord 5len here23.71 km1%total2668 km
- Conasauga Creekord 3len here20.13 km52%total39 km
- Hiwassee Riverord 7len here19.68 km10%total196 km
- Middle Creekord 4len here13.18 km3%total488 km
- Cane Creekord 5len here12.41 km3%total370 km
- Little Sewee Creekord 3len here10.09 km63%total16 km
- South Fork Little Sewee Creekord 2len here8.62 km93%total9 km
- Little North Mouse Creekord 1len here8.16 km100%total8 km
29 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Big Sewee Creekord 3len here6.14 km36%total17 km
- Meadow Forkord 2len here5.94 km25%total24 km
- Snyder Branchord 2len here5.62 km100%total6 km
- Goodsprings Branchord 1len here5.24 km100%total5 km
- Tom Foeman Creekord 1len here5.18 km100%total5 km
- Rudd Spring Branchord 3len here5.02 km100%total5 km
- Rock Creekord 8len here4.37 km0%total2074 km
- Burger Branchord 1len here4.20 km100%total4 km
- Shoal Creekord 4len here3.99 km1%total584 km
- Brush Creekord 5len here3.91 km0%total890 km
- Sokey Creekord 2len here3.45 km100%total3 km
- Short Creekord 7len here3.15 km2%total159 km
- Possum Creekord 4len here2.95 km6%total52 km
- Horse Branchord 2len here2.13 km39%total5 km
- Big Branchord 3len here1.96 km2%total95 km
- Little Chestuee Creekord 2len here1.95 km20%total10 km
- Yoeder Branchord 1len here1.89 km100%total2 km
- Blue Spring Creekord 2len here1.84 km9%total20 km
- Clearwater Branchord 1len here1.75 km100%total2 km
- Fiesta Branchord 2len here1.44 km100%total1 km
- Elliot Branchord 1len here1.36 km32%total4 km
- Prospect Branchord 1len here1.29 km100%total1 km
- Jenkins Branchord 1len here1.17 km16%total7 km
- Collins Branchord 1len here1.03 km100%total1 km
- Bivins Branchord 2len here0.94 km100%total1 km
- Blue Spring Branchord 1len here0.69 km7%total10 km
- Wilkins Spring Branchord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 km
- Sweetwater Creekord 6len here0.44 km0%total202 km
- Price Creekord 6len here0.32 km1%total56 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
1,5nW
Built-up
99,7%
Pesticides
11,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas5
IUCN V · 2IUCN Not Assigned · 2IUCN Ib · 1
Chickamauga
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
12 km²
Gee Creek
IUCN IbWilderness · 1975
10 km²
Edmundson Property -
IUCN Not AssignedMitigation · 2012
0 km²
Mayfield II Property -
IUCN Not AssignedMitigation · 2012
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN