Rivière· 62 segments

Turkey River

Crosses 4 administrative regions : Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek

rivière

Total length

252km

Max discharge

37,5m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-7080469420710 km²

4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Clayton
Iowa · United States
99.6 km
in this dpt
Fayette
Iowa · United States
86.4 km
in this dpt
Winneshiek
Iowa · United States
62.5 km
in this dpt
Howard
Iowa · United States
27.6 km
in this dpt

23 intersecting protected areas

Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands
IUCN IV
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish
IUCN IV
Refuge
Upper Mississippi River National
IUCN IV
Wildlife And Fish Refuge
Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Fayette, IA
IUCN V
Watershed Protection
Driftless Area
IUCN IV
National Wildlife Refuge
Cardinal Marsh
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Winneshiek, IA
IUCN V
Watershed Protection
Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE), Clayton, IA
IUCN V
Watershed Protection
Turkey River Area
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area

14 more protected areassorted by area

Motor Mill
IUCN V
Access
Mullen
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Turkey River Mounds
IUCN V
State Preserve
Retz Woods Fee
IUCN V
Private Conservation Land
Big Springs
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Montauk
IUCN V
State Preserve
Murray Wildlife Area (Howard)
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Cleghorn
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Martinek
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Turkey Bend
IUCN V
Wildlife Area
Merritt Forest
IUCN V
State Preserve
Bouska Area
IUCN V
Local Conservation Area
Fort Atkinson
IUCN V
State Preserve
Ludwig
IUCN V
Reserve

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Species present

92 distinct species · 146 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 41 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).

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RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

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RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Turkey River : 35 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.087

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)