Unit research · California Zone X1

Zone X1 — California

63% public across 1,858,793 ac. Road access is easy — only 8% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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2,730–14,080 ft

elevation range

63%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

15,889 ac

landlocked public

2.51

road miles per mi²

243 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

One limited-entry deer hunt is drawn on Zone X1: apply in the California draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 1 draw hunt (2026-27)$42.38 resident · $377.35 nonresident

Plus: California annual hunting license (2026-27)$64.54 resident · $225.46 nonresident

Season dates: see California Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations

2026 California Big Game Digest (rev. 2026-04-17) ↗

California deer draw calendar

Apr 15, 2027 — applications open
Jun 2, 2027 — application deadline

CDFW big game hunting tags ↗Draw odds for California deer →How the California draw works →

Fees and draw dates from California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2026-27, verified 2026-08-05. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a zone that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: CDFW license items and fees (2026-27) · 2026 California Big Game Digest (rev. 2026-04-17) · CDFW big game hunting tags.

Land & access

■ USFS 51%■ FWS 4%■ BLM 4%■ Other public 3%□ Private 37%

Unit area1,858,793 ac

Public land1,170,450 ac (63%)

Landlocked public15,889 ac (1.4%)

Deer draw pressure0.42 tags/mi² public (0.26 of total area)

Walk-in access2 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)7,286 mi

Maintained trails243 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road88,543 ac (8% of public)

Road density2.51 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 947k ac · FWS 82k ac · BLM 81k ac

Elevation2,730–14,080 ft

Median elevation4,440 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

2,730 ft14,080 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 28%

S 22%

W 28%

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

318,423 ac of this zone has burned — 17% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 27%. 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

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

Measured at MOUNT SHASTA, 58 km from the unit’s center and ~900 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2024

39.4% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

283 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 38% → 39%

CDFW estimates from hunter license reports, scaled by the published non-reporting rate; PLM and Section 554 landowner harvest excluded. Hunter success is estimated kill ÷ tags issued — for B, C and D3-5 group tags CDFW publishes quota and success per zone GROUP, so no zone-specific rate exists and none is shown. No hunter-effort estimates are published. Deer only. CDFW also publishes elk hunt statistics; that series is not carried here yet. Source: CDFW Statewide Deer Harvest Statistics (per year, by zone/hunt).

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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 zones

Zone C250% public · 16% remote Zone C125% public · 4% remote Zone X275% public · 6% remote Zone X3a53% public · 6% remote Zone C319% public · 9% remote Zone X462% public · 5% remote

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What happens nextApr 15 — Deer applications open · details →Jun 2 — Deer application deadline · details →