Lewis Wetzel
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
55 km²
County · USA
Wetzel
United States
DfaCold, no dry season, hot summer(91 %)
Species observed
1 228
Observations
39 719
Area
933,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Wetzel : 22 espèces reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
32
Interactions affichées
69
Connectance
0.139
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
1 228 distinct species · 39 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
11,4°C
Annual rain
1 208mm
Warmest m°
27,3°C
Coldest m°
-4,6°C
Elevation: 354 m on average (min 204 m, max 428 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
11,4°C
Annual rain
1 208mm
Warmest month
27,3°C
Coldest month
-4,6°C
Mean alt.
354m
Min
204m
Max
428m
Std. dev.
44m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfaCold, no dry season, hot summer(91 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
4,9
Org. C
55,7g/kg
Clay
31,2%
Sand
17,6%
Silt
51,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
4,9
Org. C
122,3g/kg
Clay
29,9%
Sand
18,1%
Silt
52,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
4,9
Org. C
31,6g/kg
Clay
30,4%
Sand
17,8%
Silt
51,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,0
Org. C
13,1g/kg
Clay
33,5%
Sand
16,8%
Silt
49,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest91.6%
Crops2.3%
Built-up0.3%
Bare soil0.1%
Other (grassland, water…)5.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 1 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
155,3km
Lake surface here
0,16km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
67 792km²
Discharge in basins
551,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 122mm/an
Mean T°
10,3°C
Moisture idx
0,01
Max snow
4%
Mean runoff
458mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
356m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Fishing Creeksub-area571,3 km²overlap566.41 km²61%
- Bassin de WV Fork Fish Creeksub-area637,6 km²overlap257.08 km²28%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area188,2 km²overlap73.48 km²8%
- Bassin de Middle Island Creeksub-area1 475,5 km²overlap21.71 km²2%
- Bassin de Ohio Riversub-area272,5 km²overlap11.92 km²1%
- Bassin de Monongahela Riversub-area1 193,6 km²overlap1.86 km²0%
- Bassin de West Fork Riversub-area2 305,5 km²overlap0.74 km²0%
- Bassin de Dunkard Creeksub-area1 218 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Fishing Creekord 3len here47.52 km51%total93 km
- WV Fork Fish Creekord 4len here21.70 km22%total97 km
- Willey Forkord 2len here16.99 km100%total17 km
- Scheidler Runord 2len here15.44 km100%total15 km
- North Fork Fishing Creekord 2len here11.54 km100%total12 km
- Little Fishing Creekord 2len here9.70 km100%total10 km
- Ash Camp Runord 2len here7.79 km100%total8 km
- Ohio Riverord 9len here7.75 km0%total2174 km
- Price Runbord 2len here6.51 km100%total7 km
- Proctor Creekord 1len here6.19 km100%total6 km
- Steel Runord 2len here3.49 km100%total3 km
- Patton Runord 7len here0.40 km10%total4 km
2 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
0,7nW
Built-up
25,9%
Pesticides
0,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas5
IUCN V · 4IUCN IV · 1
Cecil H. Underwood
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
14 km²
Ohio River Islands
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
11 km²
Lantz Farm and
IUCN VNature Preserve
2 km²
Wheeling Jesuit University
IUCN VCamp
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN