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Southwest Desert, South — Utah

83% public hunting land across 1,708,645 ac. Road access is easy — only 17% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,910–9,700 ft

elevation range

83%

public hunting land

17%

of public >1 mi from a road

319 ac

landlocked public

0.95

road miles per mi²

1,319 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit 872: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 7 draw hunts (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

■ BLM 72%■ State trust 10%■ State wildlife 1%□ Private 17%

Unit area1,708,645 ac

Public hunting land1,425,221 ac (83%)

Parks & other public24 ac

Landlocked public319 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,528 mi

Mapped trails on public land1,319 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road243,557 ac (17% of public)

Road density0.95 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 1237k ac · State trust 175k ac · State wildlife 10k ac

Elevation4,910–9,700 ft

Median elevation6,040 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

4,910 ft9,700 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 31%

S 23%

W 26%

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 →

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86,606 ac of this unit has burned — 5% 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 MILFORD MUNI BRISCOE, 54 km from the unit’s center and ~1,000 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, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

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