SOUTH DAKOTA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: AQUILA CHRYSAETOS 

 Common Name: GOLDEN EAGLE 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S4B,S3N Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: ABNKC22010. 033 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle: MOREAU PEAK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 016N 003E 10 SW4SW4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1987-SUM Elevation: 3580 - 



First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: P51U02 



Last observation: 1987-SUM Size (acres) : 



Location: 



EAST SHORT PINE HILLS; 10 MI W AND 15 MI S OF BUFFALO 



Element occurrence data: 



ONE YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST SITE 



General site description: 



PONDEROSA PINE HILLS WITH STEEP CLIFFS, MIXED GRASS PRAIRIE, SAGEBRUSH 

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner /manager: 



EAST SHORT PINE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



Information source: BENZON, TED, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, GAME, FISH & 



PARKS, 3305 W. SOUTH ST., RAPID CITY, SD 57701, 

 394-1751. 



