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. 017 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle: LUDLOW 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 005E 12 NW4NE4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 3300 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R24E01 



Last observation: 1979-07-23 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



NORTH CAVE HILLS; 4 MI W AND 3 MI S OF LUDLOW 



Element occurrence data : 



TWO YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST 



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#PF51 



Information source: USES, CUSTER NF, RAPTOR INFORMATION SYSTEM, CAMP 



CROOK, SD 57724 



