Utah’s Public Land Owners
Utah Geospatial Resource Center. (2024). Utah Land Ownership [Data set]. UGRC. https://gis.utah.gov/products/sgid/cadastre/land-ownership/
The public lands of Utah are owned and managed by several federal and state agencies. Federal public lands are owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, National Forest Service, National Parks Service, military institutions, etc. State public lands are managed by Utah Division of Forestry Fire and State Lands, the Utah Division of State Parks, the Utah Trust Lands Administration, and other relevant state agencies. The Utah Trust Lands Administration manages a patchwork of parcels granted to the state by the federal government at statehood with the purpose of generating revenue for public institutions, primarily schools. Trust lands are carefully considered for various development, extraction, renewable energy, and other projects for the best benefit to public institutions and sustainability. Different from other public lands, these areas are generally not open access and are only occasionally developed for recreational use.
This map was created using land ownership data cooperatively maintained by the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Trust Lands Administration, this map details public landowners across Utah. Private land is not colored on this map. You can view the map legend by clicking the “i” symbol in the top right corner of the map.
State Park Visitation
Utah Division of State Parks. (2025). Park Visitation Data. [Data set]. Utah Department of Natural Resources. https://stateparks.utah.gov/resources/park-visitation-data/
The Utah Department of Natural Resources monitors visitation at state parks. This dataset provides annual visitor statistics, spanning from the start of reporting for each selected park up to the most recent calendar year. Each park also has an issued set of counting procedures to record the number of visitors in the park. These methods can range from traffic counters, door counters, or are done manually. You can filter by year using the slider and select specific parks from the list to the right.
National Park Visitation
National Park Service. (2025). National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics – Park Reports. [Data set]. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park
The National Park Service tracks visitor numbers for national parks. These datasets provide annual visitor statistics, spanning from the start of reporting for each selected park up to the most recent calendar year. Each park also has an issued set of counting procedures to record the number of visitors in the park. These methods can range from traffic counters, door counters, or are done manually. Depending on staff and time of establishment data availability varies for each park, you can see annual visitor counts in the table and data trends in the chart. Statewide park visitation has continued increasing over time. You can use the slider to adjust the date ranges displayed and filter by park using the checklist to the right.
Wildfire Burn Areas
The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services Group. (2026). WFIGS Interagency Fire Perimeters. [Dataset]. National Interagency Coordination Center. https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/nifc::wfigs-interagency-fire-perimeters/about
This dataset from the National Interagency Fire Center contains historic wildfire perimeter and area information. Including comprehensive geospatial information on wildfire incidents across Utah, this dataset contains key attributes such as the location, size, and cause of fire. Shown on the map are wildfire perimeters at the point of containment from 2020 through 2025. Zooming in to a 1;1,00,00 scale on fires of interest will reveal the fires name. To view the full map legend, click the “i” symbol in the top right corner of the map.
Wildfire Burn Acres
National Interagency Coordination Center. (2024). Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics Annual Report. NIFC.gov. https://www.nifc.gov/sites/default/files/NICC/2-Predictive%20Services/Intelligence/Annual%20Reports/2024/annual_report_2024.pdf
Sourced from the National Interagency Coordination Center’s Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics Annual Reports. For years 2018-2024, the table reports number of human-caused fires and number of acres burned by these fires, number of lightning caused fires and number of acres burned by these fires, as well as the total number of fires and acres burned each year. For years 2017 and earlier, the table only reports the total number of acres burned. The chart shows the total number of acres burned by year and can be filtered by year using the slider in the upper right-hand corner.
Wildlife Habitat Ranges
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. (n.d.). Data Repository for Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Habitat [Database]. Utah Department of Natural Resources. https://dwr-data-utahdnr.hub.arcgis.com/search?tags=habitat%2C%2520habitat
Provided by the Division of Wildlife Resources database, this map depicts potential habitat ranges for several species along with wildlife management areas outlined in black. You can view a legend of this map by clicking the “i” in the top left corner. If you would like functionality to turn on and off layers, use the box icon with an arrow in the top left corner to view this visualization in ArcGIS Online MapViewer.
Big Game Harvest Permits
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. (n.d.) Big game harvest and survey data. [Dataset]. Utah Department of Natural Resources. https://wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/main-hunting-page/big-game/big-game-harvest-data.html
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources tracks the number of game harvest permits issued annually by species and types. Permits are issued to individuals granting them access to harvest one animal of the indicated species, the success of the hunter is not accounted for in this table.
Migration Corridors
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. (n.d.) Migration Corridors data. [Dataset]. Utah Department of Natural Resources. https://wildlifemigration.utah.gov/land-animals/corridors/
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has tracked the migration of various species across the state. These data represent GPS collared data on animals migrating in Utah from 2016 – 2021. This map colorizes corridors by the frequency of their use. You can view a legend of this map by clicking the “i” in the top left corner. If you would like functionality to turn on and off layers, use the box icon with an arrow in the top left corner to view this visualization in ArcGIS Online MapViewer.
Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. (May 2022). Utah’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Wildlife.Utah.gov. https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/WAP/2022-05-sgcn-list.pdf
The Utah Species Protection Account funds projects to protect species listed as Greatest Conservation Need. The list includes species listed by the federal Endangered Species Act along with those identified in the Utah Wildlife Action Plan. These species each have status ranks set at the global (G) national (N) and subnational or state (S) levels set by species experts at the jurisdictional level. The letter preceding the numeric code indicates the jurisdictional level. Numeric codes are standardized as follows:
- X – presumed extinct
- H – possibly extirpated
- 1 – critically imperiled
- 2 – imperiled
- 3 – vulnerable
- 4 – apparently secure
- 5 – secure
Where there is scientific debate over the species ranking, a range may be presented using two codes. You can view a detailed overview of ranking definitions from the assigning organization. This table organizes all species listed in the Utah Species of Greatest Conservation Need Dataset maintained by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, their common and scientific names, and associated conservation codes. You can filter the list by taxonomical group using the right side menu.
Number of Farms and Farmed Acres
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2024). Utah Annual Statistical Bulletins. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Utah/Publications/Annual_Statistical_Bulletin/index.php
Created using data from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food annual summary, this chart compares the number of farmed acres to the number of operating farms. This chart shows that while farmland acreage decreases, the number of operating farms increases telling us that farming operations are generally smaller than they were historically. The US Department of Agriculture has been collecting this data since 1975; you can adjust the date range displayed using the slider at the bottom of the chart.