Buffalo Lake
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge · 1958
31 km²
County · USA
Randall
United States
BSkArid, steppe, cold(100 %)
Species observed
2 404
Observations
219 548
Area
2 398,6km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Randall : 26 espèces reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
92
Connectance
0.146
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
2 404 distinct species · 219 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
14,3°C
Annual rain
535mm
Warmest m°
32,1°C
Coldest m°
-1,2°C
Elevation: 1 107 m on average (min 864 m, max 1 186 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
14,3°C
Annual rain
535mm
Warmest month
32,1°C
Coldest month
-1,2°C
Mean alt.
1 107m
Min
864m
Max
1 186m
Std. dev.
44m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BSkArid, steppe, cold(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
13,8g/kg
Clay
33,8%
Sand
25,7%
Silt
40,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,0
Org. C
20,0g/kg
Clay
32,0%
Sand
26,2%
Silt
41,8%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
12,3g/kg
Clay
32,8%
Sand
26,3%
Silt
41,0%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,4
Org. C
9,0g/kg
Clay
36,5%
Sand
24,5%
Silt
39,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest3.2%
Crops39.8%
Built-up0.8%
Bare soil1.7%
Other (grassland, water…)54.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology12 basins · 33 lakes · 13 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
340,1km
Lake surface here
16,15km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 920km²
Discharge in basins
0,7m³/s
Mean precip.
481mm/an
Mean T°
13,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,65
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
5mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 122m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Riversub-area692,1 km²overlap634.53 km²26%
- Bassin de Tierra Blanca Creeksub-area999,7 km²overlap513.48 km²21%
- Bassin de North Cita Creeksub-area450,6 km²overlap447.27 km²19%
- Bassin de Palo Duro Creeksub-area2 475,7 km²overlap415.67 km²17%
- Bassin de Happy Drawsub-area449,5 km²overlap187.97 km²8%
- Bassin de Rush Creeksub-area189,6 km²overlap75.92 km²3%
- Bassin de North Tule Creeksub-area552,9 km²overlap54.41 km²2%
- Bassin de Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Riversub-area498,5 km²overlap46.81 km²2%
- Bassin de Mulberry Creeksub-area1 622,1 km²overlap13.56 km²1%
Lakes (33, top by area)
- Buffalo Lakearea4,8 km²avg depth20.1 m
- Lac 1060751area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1060655area0,7 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1060757area0,6 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1060799area0,6 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1061126area0,6 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1060857area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1061112area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1060678area0,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
24 more lakes
- Lac 1060749area0,5 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1061039area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1060825area0,5 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1060780area0,4 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1061055area0,4 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1061144area0,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1060771area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1061046area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1060801area0,3 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1061208area0,3 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1061009area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1061083area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1061019area0,3 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1060875area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1060809area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1061092area0,3 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1060717area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1061129area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1060700area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1060791area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1060958area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1061222area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1060892area0,2 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1061032area0,1 km²avg depth1.5 m
Rivers / streams (13, ord ≥ 4)
- Tierra Blanca Creekord 4len here84.96 km27%total316 km
- Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Riverord 5len here82.12 km18%total445 km
- Palo Duro Creekord 4len here38.96 km16%total239 km
- North Cita Creekord 2len here31.84 km100%total32 km
- Spring Draword 4len here28.51 km100%total29 km
- South Cita Creekord 2len here19.02 km100%total19 km
- Timber Creekord 6len here15.06 km5%total302 km
- Hackberry Creekord 6len here12.68 km5%total240 km
- Little Sunday Creekord 1len here9.04 km100%total9 km
- Sunday Creekord 5len here8.06 km10%total77 km
- Spillwayord 5len here6.37 km71%total9 km
- Happy Draword 2len here1.77 km18%total10 km
1 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
2,0nW
Built-up
76,9%
Pesticides
10,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN IV · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN