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La Sal, Potash/South Cisco — Utah

97% public across 935,930 ac. Road access is easy — only 11% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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

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3,880–6,400 ft

elevation range

97%

public land

11%

of public >1 mi from a road

636 ac

landlocked public

1.27

road miles per mi²

2,381 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

3 limited-entry bighorn sheep and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 688: 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

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 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 63%■ NPS 23%■ SLB 11%□ Private 3%

Unit area935,930 ac

Public land911,934 ac (97%)

Landlocked public636 ac (0.1%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,859 mi

Maintained trails2,381 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road102,035 ac (11% of public)

Road density1.27 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 589k ac · NPS 220k ac · SLB 100k ac

Elevation3,880–6,400 ft

Median elevation4,680 ft

Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

3,880 ft6,400 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%

E 23%

S 26%

W 25%

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

5,956 ac of this unit has burned — 1% 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, 112 km from the unit’s center. 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.

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