Rivière· 8 segments

Purgatory Creek

Crosses 5 administrative regions : Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Hennepin, Scott

rivière

Total length

179km

Max discharge

20,2m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70804913402397 km²

5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Calhoun
Iowa · United States
32.4 km
in this dpt
Hennepin
Minnesota · United States
15.4 km
in this dpt
Carroll
Iowa · United States
13.1 km
in this dpt
Greene
Iowa · United States
1.2 km
in this dpt
Scott
Minnesota · United States
0.2 km
in this dpt

14 intersecting protected areas

Minnesota Valley
IUCN IV
National Wildlife Refuge
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Carroll, IA
IUCN V
Reserve Program
Edenbrook
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Butrick Bluff
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Edenvale
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Lower Purgatory Creek
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Johnson Prairie
IUCN V
Local Conservation Area
James A. Brown
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Timber Creek
IUCN V
Conservation Area

5 more protected areassorted by area

Birch Island Woods
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Lake Rose
IUCN V
Local Conservation Area
Buttolf Century Farm
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Westgate
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Red Rock
IUCN V
Conservation Area

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Species present

13 distinct species · 19 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 5 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

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Purgatory Creek : 4 espèces reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 40.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.400

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)