Unit research · Utah Unit 88

Fillmore, Pahvant — Utah

76% public across 543,437 ac. Road access is easy — only 18% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,770–10,170 ft

elevation range

76%

public land

18%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,847 ac

landlocked public

1.43

road miles per mi²

558 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

12 limited-entry black bear and elk hunts are drawn on Unit 88: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 3 draw huntsprice not published

Elk tag · 9 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 black bear →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

■ USFS 67%■ BLM 5%■ SFW 3%■ Other public 1%□ Private 24%

Unit area543,437 ac

Public land411,732 ac (76%)

Landlocked public1,847 ac (0.4%)

Walk-in access1,703 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,212 mi

Maintained trails558 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road75,822 ac (18% of public)

Road density1.43 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 363k ac · BLM 28k ac · SFW 17k ac

Elevation4,770–10,170 ft

Median elevation6,780 ft

Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

4,770 ft10,170 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 26%

S 24%

W 27%

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

178,965 ac of this unit has burned — 33% 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, 82 km from the unit’s center and ~1,700 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)
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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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