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. 018 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle : LUDLOW 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 005E 10 NE4NE4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 3270 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R24E00 



Last observation: 1979-07-24 Size (acres) : 



Location : 



NORTH CAVE HILLS; 6 MI W AND 3 MI S OF LUDLOW 



Element occurrence data: 



TWO YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST SITE 



General site description: 



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

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner/manager: 

 NORTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



CNF#PF52 



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



SD 57724 



