Wilderness Study Area · USA
Powderhorn
- Area
- 24 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1993
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Study Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1993
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
14 distinct species · 22 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 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 Powderhorn : 4 espèces reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
8,0km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 152km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
662mm/an
Mean T°
0,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,17
Max snow
42%
Mean runoff
176mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
3 171m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Phelps Cabin Creekord 2len here3.59 km32%total11 km
- West Fork Powderhorn Creekord 2len here1.78 km12%total15 km
- Powderhorn Creekord 2len here1.67 km36%total5 km
- Dry Fork Trout Creekord 1len here0.62 km8%total8 km
- Lake Fork Gunnison Riverord 3len here0.25 km0%total72 km
- Swinehart Gulchord 3len here0.08 km1%total14 km
- Middle Fork Powderhorn Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal9 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
- 38.18526, -107.25794
- 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.