Unit research · Utah Unit 6

Nine Mile, Green River Valley — Utah

52% public across 39,682 ac. Real backcountry here — 39% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Deer draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,050–6,160 ft

elevation range

52%

public land

39%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

1.21

road miles per mi²

34 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 Unit 6: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 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 deer →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 37%■ SLB 11%■ SDNR 3%■ Other public 1%□ Private 48%

Unit area39,682 ac

Public land20,497 ac (52%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)75 mi

Maintained trails34 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road7,937 ac (39% of public)

Road density1.21 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 15k ac · SLB 5k ac · SDNR 1k ac

Elevation4,050–6,160 ft

Median elevation4,200 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,050 ft6,160 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%

E 18%

S 35%

W 21%

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

47 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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, 138 km from the unit’s center and ~600 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. 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, Floy Canyon · Unit 30193% public · 50% remote Nine Mile, Gray Canyon · Unit 82185% public · 53% remote La Sal, Potash/South Cisco · Unit 68897% public · 11% remote Book Cliffs, Little Creek/South · Unit 88996% public · 36% remote Book Cliffs, South · Unit 1596% public · 33% remote Nine Mile, Range Creek · Unit 27772% public · 38% remote

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