Rocky Comfort Flat

Status
Established
Year Established
1996

Location

State
Idaho
National Forest Regions
Intermountain Region (R4)

44.966667, -116.716667

Rocky Comfort Flat Research Natural Area

Ecological and Physical Description

Size
996ac (403ha)
Elevation Range
3,350' (1,021m) - 4,514' (1,376m)
Primary Features

Rocky Comfort Flat is unusual for certain habitat types and for the number of forest and range types that occur there: stands of stiff sage in very good condition; good representation of a number of both forest and range habitat types in very good condition; and undisturbed streamside types. Unusual features such as the patterned ground or "biscuits" of deep, relatively fine-textured soil with intervening swales where bedrock near to the surface. Mountain mahogany/Idaho fescue habitat type uncommon in Idaho. 

Last updated February 2, 2023