SOUTH DAKOTA NATtJRAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: FALCO MEXICANUS 

 Common Name: PRAIRIE FALCON 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 



State rank: S3S4B,S4N Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: ABNKD06090 . 010 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name : 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle: MC KENZIE BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 020N 005E 05 NE4SW4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-SUM Elevation: 3400 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R25B00 



Last observation: 1979-06-26 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



SOUTH CAVE HILLS; 10 MI N OF BUFFALO 



Element occurrence data: 



NO NEST IDENTIFIED, FOUR YOUNG BIRDS OBSERVED WITH ONE ADULT BY S. 

 MACKEY; 1989-NO ACTIVITY OBSERVED 



General site description: 



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

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner/manager: 

 SOUTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



CNF#PF4 5 



Information source: USES, CUSTER NF, RAPTOR INFO. SYSTEM, CAMP CROOK, 



SD, 57724 



