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 



Element occurrence code : 

 Element occurrence type : 



Federal Status; 

 ABNKC22010.073 



Survey site name : 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County: 



USGS quadrangle: SHEEP MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments; 

 016N 008E 15 SE4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 198 7 -SUM 



First observation: 1982 



Last observation: 1987-SUM 



Elevation: 3350 

 Slope/aspect: P52D00 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



SLIM BXTTTES; 3 MI E AND 12 MI S OF REVA GAP 



Element occurrence data: 



1982 -TWO YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST SITE; 198 7 -TWO YOUNG 



General site description: 



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

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner/manager: 

 SLIM BUTTES 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



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



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

 394-1751 



