Wilderness · usa
Opal Creek
- Area
- 84 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
139 distinct species · 257 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 Opal Creek : 34 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 0 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
21,7km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 503km²
Discharge in basins
4,2m³/s
Mean precip.
2 249mm/an
Mean T°
7,9°C
Moisture idx
0,61
Max snow
35%
Mean runoff
1 424mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
811m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Gold Creekord 5len here5.37 km2%total217 km
- Battle Ax Creekord 2len here5.16 km60%total9 km
- Opal Creekord 2len here4.69 km23%total20 km
- Beachie Creekord 1len here2.43 km92%total3 km
- Henline Creekord 1len here2.27 km86%total3 km
- Little North Santiam Riverord 3len here1.17 km4%total33 km
- Tincup Creekord 3len here0.37 km2%total24 km
- Stack Creekord 1len here0.24 km35%total1 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
- 44.84108, -122.16719
- 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.