SOUTH DAKOTA NATURAL 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: ABNKD06090.009 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County: 



USGS quadrangle: MC KENZIE BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 004E 26 SE4SE4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-SUM Elevation: 3400 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R25C02 



Last observation: 1989-06-26 Size, (acres) : 



Location : 



SOUTH CAVE HILLS; 10 MI W AND 5 MI S OF LUDLOW 



Element occurrence data: 



UNKNOWN NO. OF YOUNG OBSERVED IN POTHOLE OF SANDSTONE CLIFF BY S. 

 MACKEY; 1989-THREE YOUNG OBSERVED IN ADJACENT POTHOLES OF 

 SOUTHWEST- FACING CLIFF 



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#PF44 



Information source: MELIUS, M.M. 1989. FIELD SURVEY TO SOUTH CAVE 



HILLS, JUNE 26-27 



