Rivière· 7 segments
Nippersink Creek
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Lake, McHenry, Walworth
Total length
54km
Max discharge
5m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
7
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- McHenryIllinois · United States40.1 kmin this dpt
- LakeIllinois · United States1.0 kmin this dpt
- WalworthWisconsin · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
19 intersecting protected areas
Chain O' Lakes
IUCN Not AssignedState Park
North Branch
IUCN VPreserve
Glacial Park
IUCN VNature Preserve
Reserve Program
Lake Elizabeth
IUCN Not AssignedLocal Conservation Area
Hackmatack
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
Genoa City Sedge Meadow
IUCN VConservation Area
Nippersink Creek
IUCN VConservation Area
Conservation Area
10 more protected areassorted by area
Barber Fen
IUCN VNature Preserve
Lind Forest
IUCN VNature Preserve
Spring Grove Fen
IUCN VGrove
Barber Fen Area
IUCN VConservation Easement
Orsolini
IUCN VPark
State Line Marsh
IUCN VNatural Area
Nippersink Canoe Base 16
IUCN VBase
Barnard Mill
IUCN VWetland
Spring Grove Fen
IUCN VGrove
North Branch
IUCN VPreserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 7 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
903 distinct species · 121 545 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Nippersink Creek : 28 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
54km
Max discharge
5,0m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.