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Unit research · Utah Unit 947

Oquirrh — Utah

39% public across 1,019,619 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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4,160–10,570 ft

elevation range

39%

public land

18%

of public >1 mi from a road

10,200 ac

landlocked public

3.96

road miles per mi²

7,223 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Tags: check Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

No draw hunts are published for this unit. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations.

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)

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 22%SDNR 9%SLB 6%■ Other public 1%□ Private 61%
Unit area1,019,619 ac
Public land394,595 ac (39%)
Landlocked public10,200 ac (2.6%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)6,302 mi
Maintained trails7,223 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road71,255 ac (18% of public)
Road density3.96 mi/mi²
Managed byBLM 224k ac · SDNR 95k ac · SLB 64k ac
Elevation4,160–10,570 ft
Median elevation5,080 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

4,160 ft10,570 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%
E 28%
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 →

Unit intelligence report

105,905 ac of this unit has burned — 10% 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

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F38° high25° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 52 km from the unit’s center and ~900 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)

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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