Little Pend Oreille
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
264 km²
County · USA
Pend Oreille
United States
DsbCold, dry summer, warm summer(93 %)
Species observed
3 263
Observations
161 013
Area
3 677km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Pend Oreille : 24 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
31
Interactions affichées
63
Connectance
0.136
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
3 263 distinct species · 161 013 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
6,5°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Warmest m°
25,5°C
Coldest m°
-9,2°C
Elevation: 1 052 m on average (min 597 m, max 1 995 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
6,5°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Warmest month
25,5°C
Coldest month
-9,2°C
Mean alt.
1 052m
Min
597m
Max
1 995m
Std. dev.
312m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DsbCold, dry summer, warm summer(93 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
47,7g/kg
Clay
11,1%
Sand
42,4%
Silt
46,5%
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
5,9
Org. C
85,3g/kg
Clay
11,4%
Sand
41,1%
Silt
47,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
37,3g/kg
Clay
10,9%
Sand
42,5%
Silt
46,6%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
20,6g/kg
Clay
11,0%
Sand
43,5%
Silt
45,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest81.5%
Crops0.6%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil0.5%
Other (grassland, water…)17.3%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology13 basins · 27 lakes · 62 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
707,3km
Lake surface here
22,21km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
67 056km²
Discharge in basins
2 921,9m³/s
Mean precip.
715mm/an
Mean T°
5,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,16
Max snow
47%
Mean runoff
433mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 041m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Pend Oreille Riversub-area555,4 km²overlap551.84 km²15%
- Bassin de Lower Priest Riversub-area2 549,2 km²overlap491.49 km²13%
- Bassin de Little Spokane Riversub-area2 208,2 km²overlap475.72 km²13%
- Bassin de Pend Oreille Riversub-area453,2 km²overlap435.42 km²12%
- Bassin de Pend Oreille Riversub-area509,9 km²overlap398.92 km²11%
- Bassin de Sullivan Creeksub-area354,9 km²overlap356.00 km²10%
- Bassin de Small Creeksub-area363,3 km²overlap303.66 km²8%
- Bassin de Pend Oreille Riversub-area285,3 km²overlap254.01 km²7%
- Bassin de West Branch LeClerc Creeksub-area229,6 km²overlap230.31 km²6%
Lakes (27, top by area)
- Sullivan Lakearea4,8 km²avg depth37.1 m
- Calispell Lakearea4,4 km²avg depth8.1 m
- Diamond Lakearea3 km²avg depth8.5 m
- Bead Lakearea2,6 km²avg depth25.9 m
- Sacheen Lakearea1,2 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Boundry Reservoirarea0,9 km²avg depth135.6 m
- Lac 996238area0,7 km²avg depth10.2 m
- Lac 997470area0,6 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 996809area0,6 km²avg depth28.6 m
18 more lakes
- Lac 999083area0,3 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 999328area0,3 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 988241area0,3 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1000194area0,3 km²avg depth7.5 m
- Lac 1000003area0,2 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 992839area0,2 km²avg depth7.8 m
- Lac 996565area0,2 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 986254area0,2 km²avg depth7.6 m
- Lac 993677area0,2 km²avg depth7.6 m
- Lac 997306area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 990097area0,2 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 989595area0,2 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 998455area0,2 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 998883area0,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 996785area0,1 km²avg depth7.8 m
- Lac 993000area0,1 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 993442area0,1 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 993637area0,1 km²avg depth5.5 m
Rivers / streams (62, ord ≥ 4)
- Pend Oreille Riverord 6len here208.69 km72%total291 km
- Sullivan Creekord 7len here36.25 km46%total79 km
- Small Creekord 3len here32.50 km100%total32 km
- Little Spokane Riverord 4len here27.89 km33%total85 km
- Tacoma Creekord 3len here26.26 km100%total26 km
- Lost Creekord 4len here21.68 km13%total172 km
- West Branch LeClerc Creekord 2len here20.63 km100%total21 km
- Harvey Creekord 2len here19.25 km51%total38 km
- Calispell Creekord 3len here18.16 km100%total18 km
- South Fork Granite Creekord 3len here17.10 km94%total18 km
- Upper West Branch Priest Riverord 2len here15.36 km63%total25 km
- Moon Creekord 3len here13.89 km43%total32 km
50 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- West Branch Little Spokane Riverord 3len here13.43 km55%total24 km
- Lower West Branch Priest Riverord 2len here11.19 km27%total41 km
- East Fork Small Creekord 2len here10.88 km100%total11 km
- Middle Fork Calispell Creekord 2len here10.77 km100%total11 km
- Davis Creekord 4len here10.61 km16%total66 km
- North Fork Granite Creekord 2len here10.45 km100%total10 km
- South Salmo Riverord 2len here9.84 km72%total14 km
- Uncas Gulchord 2len here9.09 km100%total9 km
- North Fork Calispell Creekord 2len here9.01 km89%total10 km
- North Fork Ruby Creekord 1len here8.96 km100%total9 km
- Cedar Creekord 5len here7.87 km2%total365 km
- South Fork Flume Creekord 2len here7.85 km100%total8 km
- Tillicum Creekord 2len here7.81 km35%total22 km
- Slate Creekord 3len here7.57 km8%total92 km
- Virgin Creekord 1len here6.31 km83%total8 km
- Outlet Creekord 3len here6.21 km16%total38 km
- Bear Paw Creekord 1len here5.78 km100%total6 km
- Goose Creekord 4len here5.61 km2%total288 km
- Sema Creekord 1len here5.43 km100%total5 km
- Gypsy Creekord 2len here5.35 km100%total5 km
- Sweet Creekord 2len here5.05 km100%total5 km
- South Fork Calispell Creekord 1len here5.01 km100%total5 km
- Trimble Creekord 1len here4.48 km100%total4 km
- Gold Creekord 5len here4.44 km2%total217 km
- Dorchester Creekord 1len here4.36 km100%total4 km
- Spring Heel Creekord 1len here4.31 km100%total4 km
- Cee Cee Ah Creekord 2len here4.17 km100%total4 km
- Deemer Creekord 2len here4.01 km100%total4 km
- Watch Creekord 1len here3.89 km100%total4 km
- Noisy Creekord 1len here3.41 km33%total10 km
- PeeWee Creekord 2len here3.29 km100%total3 km
- Otter Creekord 4len here3.27 km4%total79 km
- Beaver Creekord 5len here2.94 km1%total403 km
- Stoney Creekord 2len here2.71 km19%total14 km
- South Fork Slate Creekord 1len here2.48 km100%total2 km
- Diamond Creekord 1len here2.43 km35%total7 km
- Leola Creekord 1len here2.43 km100%total2 km
- LeClerc Creekord 3len here2.16 km100%total2 km
- Crutch Creekord 1len here2.09 km100%total2 km
- Pend-d'Oreille Riverord 6len here1.96 km6%total30 km
- Meadow Creekord 4len here1.93 km1%total223 km
- Tenmile Creekord 2len here1.86 km3%total56 km
- Styx Creekord 1len here1.71 km100%total2 km
- Willow Creekord 5len here1.39 km0%total532 km
- Slumber Creekord 1len here1.25 km100%total1 km
- Jackson Creekord 2len here0.95 km2%total57 km
- Cache Creekord 3len here0.70 km1%total69 km
- McDonald Creekord 3len here0.43 km1%total79 km
- Currant Creekord 2len here0.26 km1%total34 km
- North Fork Silver Creekord 2len here0.23 km1%total17 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
7,2%
Pesticides
1,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas11
IUCN Ia · 5IUCN V · 3IUCN IV · 1IUCN Ib · 1IUCN Not Assigned · 1
Salmo-Priest
IUCN IbWilderness · 1984
167 km²
Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek
IUCN VWildlife Area Complex
129 km²
Salmo
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area · 1973
6 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Pend Oreille, WA
IUCN VReserve Program · 1996
5 km²
Bunchgrass Meadows
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area · 2008
3 km²
Complete list11 protected areas
- Little Pend OreilleNational Wildlife RefugeIUCN IV264 km²
- Salmo-PriestWildernessIUCN Ib1984167 km²
- Swanson Lakes-Sherman CreekWildlife Area ComplexIUCN V129 km²
- SalmoResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19736 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Pend Oreille, WAReserve ProgramIUCN V19965 km²
- Bunchgrass MeadowsResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia20083 km²
- Halliday FenResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia20043 km²
- Maitlen CreekResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19733 km²
- Round Top MountainResearch Natural AreaIUCN Ia19971 km²
- Sullivan Lake Water Reserve WithdrawalReserveIUCN V19561 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)Reserve ProgramIUCN Not Assigned20150 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN