Unit research · Utah Unit 18

Box Elder, Hansel Mtn — Utah

48% public across 2,328,864 ac. Real backcountry here — 53% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,190–7,300 ft

elevation range

48%

public land

53%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,970 ac

landlocked public

0.90

road miles per mi²

2,020 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 elk hunt is drawn on Unit 18: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 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 elk →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

■ SDNR 24%■ BLM 17%■ FWS 3%■ Other public 4%□ Private 52%

Unit area2,328,864 ac

Public land1,127,670 ac (48%)

Landlocked public1,970 ac (0.2%)

Walk-in access7,863 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,282 mi

Maintained trails2,020 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road602,819 ac (53% of public)

Road density0.90 mi/mi²

Managed bySDNR 548k ac · BLM 402k ac · FWS 76k ac

Elevation4,190–7,300 ft

Median elevation4,330 ft

Median slope1°

Where the ground sits

4,190 ft7,300 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 19%

E 29%

S 23%

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

185,935 ac of this unit has burned — 8% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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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

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