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. Oil 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County: 



USGS quadrangle: LADNER SE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 005E 30 NE4NE4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-SUM Elevation: 3300 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R24D02 



Last observation: 1979-07-17 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



SOUTH CAVE HILLS; 12 MI N OF BUFFALO 



Element occurrence data: 



ONE ADULT AND SEVERAL YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST SITE 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 7, POSSIBLY SAME AS CNF#PF48 



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



SD, 57724 



