Sand Hill
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
12 km²
County · USA
Pleasants
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(98 %)
Species observed
845
Observations
18 878
Area
346,8km²
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 Pleasants : 22 espèces reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
32
Interactions affichées
69
Connectance
0.139
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
845 distinct species · 18 878 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
12,2°C
Annual rain
1 117mm
Warmest m°
28,2°C
Coldest m°
-4,0°C
Elevation: 267 m on average (min 188 m, max 332 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
12,2°C
Annual rain
1 117mm
Warmest month
28,2°C
Coldest month
-4,0°C
Mean alt.
267m
Min
188m
Max
332m
Std. dev.
29m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(98 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,1
Org. C
59,6g/kg
Clay
27,7%
Sand
21,9%
Silt
50,3%
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
5,0
Org. C
130,1g/kg
Clay
27,0%
Sand
22,5%
Silt
50,6%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,1
Org. C
35,8g/kg
Clay
26,9%
Sand
22,0%
Silt
51,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,1
Org. C
13,0g/kg
Clay
29,4%
Sand
21,3%
Silt
49,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest86.6%
Crops3.1%
Built-up0.4%
Bare soil0.2%
Other (grassland, water…)9.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology4 basins · 3 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
92,0km
Lake surface here
9,24km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
69 573km²
Discharge in basins
770,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 098mm/an
Mean T°
11,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,03
Max snow
3%
Mean runoff
407mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
288m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Middle Island Creekord 4len here24.43 km20%total124 km
- McKim Creekord 2len here14.60 km70%total21 km
- Cow Creekord 6len here10.53 km3%total415 km
- Ohio Riverord 9len here9.64 km0%total2174 km
- Sugar Creekord 6len here9.47 km1%total1414 km
- French Creekord 4len here8.26 km2%total443 km
- Right Fork French Creekord 1len here6.97 km100%total7 km
- Bull Creekord 4len here5.66 km2%total362 km
- The Thoroughfareord 7len here1.51 km100%total2 km
- Sheets Runord 7len here0.65 km5%total14 km
- Danas Runord 1len here0.23 km6%total4 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,9nW
Built-up
41,1%
Pesticides
3,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN V · 2IUCN IV · 1
Ohio River Islands
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
11 km²
Federal Ridge
IUCN VWildlife Management Area · 2018
5 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN