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California Mule Deer Casa Diablo Migration Stopovers

Metadata Updated: November 13, 2025

Casa Diablo mule deer are largely traditional migrants, using a wide range primarily spread across public lands. The herd’s winter range stretches between the Benton Range and eastern Inyo National Forest. Snowfall can be extreme in the Sierra Nevada Range, exceeding 800 inches (in; 20.3 m) in heavy-snow winters, during which deer migrate below 6,000 ft (1,829 m) in elevation to escape deep snow. In spring, individuals move west using a wide range of routes; however, a concentrated migration corridor passes through Long Valley, across U.S. Highway 395, and into the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada Range (fig. XXX). Summer range habitat straddles both sides of U.S. Highway 395. Most deer do not move into Yosemite National Park during the summer, remaining east and south of the Park boundary. Deer typically summer at elevations of 8,000 – 11,000 feet. The primary causes of mortality include mountain lion predation, followed by vehicle collisions, which mostly occur on U.S. Highway 395 during fall and spring migrations. In 2019, the population size of the Casa Diablo herd was estimated at 2,460 (confidence interval: 2,037–3,107) individuals. These mapping layers show the location of the migration stopovers for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Casa Diablo population in California. They were developed from 445 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 101 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-24 hours.

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Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 13, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 13, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2025-02-06T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
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