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Unit research · Arizona Unit 15C

Unit 15C — Arizona

81% public across 504,790 ac. Real backcountry here — 52% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (2)Deer draw odds (4)Javelina draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account
Unit 15CFull map — ownership, roads, wind →
640–5,330 ft

elevation range

81%

public land

52%

of public >1 mi from a road

8,225 ac

landlocked public

0.88

road miles per mi²

21 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer and javelina hunts are drawn on Unit 15C: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident
Deer tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident
Javelina tag · 1 draw huntprice not published
Plus: Arizona hunting license (365-day)$37.00 resident · $160.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Arizona Game and Fish Department's regulations

2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information (AZGFD booklet)

Fees and draw dates from Arizona Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-05 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information (AZGFD booklet) · 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations (AZGFD booklet) · AZGFD bulletin: 2026 pronghorn/elk results · AZGFD bulletin: 2026 fall draw results.

Land & access

BLM 46%NPS 33%SDOL 2%□ Private 19%
Unit area504,790 ac
Public land407,441 ac (81%)
Landlocked public8,225 ac (2.0%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)691 mi
Maintained trails21 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road212,926 ac (52% of public)
Road density0.88 mi/mi²
Managed byBLM 231k ac · NPS 165k ac · SDOL 11k ac
Elevation640–5,330 ft
Median elevation2,670 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

640 ft5,330 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%
E 17%
S 26%
W 35%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

23,392 ac of this unit has burned — 5% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F55° high32° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at KINGMAN AIRPORT, 57 km from the unit’s center and ~800 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

0% success

0 taken by 14 hunters · 69 days afield

0 bucks · 0 does

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 0% → 0%

AZGFD survey estimates. Draw-hunt results are published per hunt number (grouped or split unit geographies) and appear on the draw-odds tables; the over-the-counter archery deer questionnaire is Arizona's only per-unit harvest publication, so unit pages show OTC archery deer only. Deer counts combine mule deer and white-tailed; "antlerless" is recorded as female. Source: AZGFD Harvest Questionnaire Summaries (per species-year).

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 15B66% public · 36% remoteUnit 15D62% public · 24% remoteUnit 15A80% public · 33% remoteUnit 16A80% public · 30% remoteUnit 18A52% public · 15% remoteUnit 16B78% public · 21% remote

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