National Scenic Riverway · usa
Saint Croix
- Area
- 70 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1968
Overview
- Designation
- National Scenic Riverway
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1968
- Managing authority
- National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
273 distinct species · 3 495 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Saint Croix : 27 espèces reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology15 basins · 6 lakes · 35 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
122,7km
Lake surface here
0,95km²
Basins crossed
15
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
16 486km²
Discharge in basins
19,8m³/s
Mean precip.
757mm/an
Mean T°
4,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,14
Max snow
27%
Mean runoff
330mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
343m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Namekagon Riversub-area2 718,3 km²overlap38.05 km²54%
- Bassin de Upper Tamarack Riversub-area477,1 km²overlap9.31 km²13%
- Bassin de Eau Claire Riversub-area1 291,4 km²overlap6.14 km²9%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area597,3 km²overlap3.61 km²5%
- Bassin de East Fork Crooked Creeksub-area265,3 km²overlap3.04 km²4%
- Bassin de Rock Creeksub-area249,6 km²overlap2.18 km²3%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area26,3 km²overlap1.82 km²3%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area105,3 km²overlap1.41 km²2%
- Bassin de Bear Creeksub-area209,3 km²overlap1.24 km²2%
6 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Trade Riversub-area49,5 km²overlap1.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Redhorse Creeksub-area46,4 km²overlap0.76 km²1%
- Bassin de Saint Croix Riversub-area14,9 km²overlap0.55 km²1%
- Bassin de West Fork Crooked Creeksub-area267,3 km²overlap0.35 km²0%
- Bassin de Clam Riversub-area993,4 km²overlap0.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Wood Riversub-area467,9 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (35, ord ≥ 4)
- Namekagon Riverord 4len here46.97 km39%total120 km
- Saint Croix Riverord 7len here43.66 km12%total350 km
- McDermott Brookord 3len here7.81 km66%total12 km
- Stuntz Brookord 3len here3.90 km19%total20 km
- Little Mackay Creekord 3len here2.68 km19%total14 km
- Whalen Creekord 3len here2.56 km9%total27 km
- Trade Riverord 5len here2.52 km4%total68 km
- Thompson Creekord 9len here1.58 km1%total221 km
- Bradley Branchord 5len here1.58 km14%total11 km
- Redhorse Creekord 5len here1.32 km4%total35 km
- Totagatic Riverord 3len here1.23 km1%total119 km
- Gull Creekord 3len here0.94 km12%total8 km
23 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Boyle Brookord 1len here0.93 km11%total9 km
- Goose Creekord 5len here0.87 km0%total664 km
- Webb Creekord 6len here0.55 km2%total32 km
- Bean Brookord 1len here0.51 km4%total14 km
- Spring Lake Creekord 1len here0.42 km7%total6 km
- McKenzie Creekord 2len here0.42 km1%total47 km
- Chases Brookord 2len here0.40 km1%total34 km
- Moose Riverord 2len here0.30 km0%total85 km
- Mosquito Brookord 1len here0.25 km2%total14 km
- Spring Creekord 5len here0.24 km0%total2668 km
- Hay Creekord 4len here0.23 km0%total454 km
- Wood Riverord 3len here0.15 km0%total205 km
- Wolf Creekord 5len here0.15 km0%total1706 km
- Lagoo Creekord 1len here0.12 km7%total2 km
- Big Rock Creekord 4len here0.12 km0%total99 km
- Spring Brookord 3len here0.10 km0%total121 km
- Beaver Creekord 6len here0.09 km0%total3076 km
- Dry Creekord 8len here0.09 km0%total1337 km
- Stevens Creekord 4len here≈ tangenttotal86 km
- Rock Creekord 8len here≈ tangenttotal2074 km
- Casey Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal34 km
- Big Brookord 2len here≈ tangenttotal14 km
- Perkins Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal20 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
- 46.08052, -92.22265
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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.