Unit research · Utah Unit 15

Book Cliffs, South — Utah

96% public across 826,337 ac. Real backcountry here — 33% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Deer draw odds (1)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,080–9,430 ft

elevation range

96%

public land

33%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.87

road miles per mi²

796 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

4 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 15: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$574.00 resident · $4,009.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$73.00 resident · $592.00 nonresident

Plus: Utah 365-day hunting license$40.00 resident · $144.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations

2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) ↗

UDWR licenses ↗Draw odds for Utah bighorn sheep →Draw odds for Utah deer →Draw odds for Utah pronghorn →How the Utah draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 2026, verified 2026-08-12 — 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 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) · Utah Admin. Code R657-62-8 — bonus points, 50% reservation · UDWR licenses.

Land & access

■ BLM 84%■ SLB 11%■ SFW 0%□ Private 4%

Unit area826,337 ac

Public land791,588 ac (96%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,128 mi

Maintained trails796 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road258,808 ac (33% of public)

Road density0.87 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 696k ac · SLB 95k ac · SFW 1k ac

Elevation4,080–9,430 ft

Median elevation5,660 ft

Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

4,080 ft9,430 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 18%

E 28%

S 26%

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

53,743 ac of this unit has burned — 7% 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

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

Measured at GRAND JUNCTION REGIONAL AIRPORT, 88 km from the unit’s center and ~800 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

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 units

Book Cliffs, Little Creek/South · Unit 88996% public · 36% remote Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless · Unit 1299% public · 75% remote Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon · Unit 30193% public · 50% remote Book Cliffs · Unit 772% public · 20% remote Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Unit 89968% public · 12% remote La Sal, Dolores Triangle · Unit 10896% public · 13% remote

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