Colorado GMU 92 mule deer: terrain, access and seasons
Unit 92's terrain, access, seasons and CPW mule deer figures, with Conditions rebuilt nightly.
Decide
The season's licenses, draw results and harvest figures.
At a glance
Archery runs Oct 1–23, 2026; CPW's 2024 harvest survey put success at 20% for 52 hunters.
Season 5x (private land only) runs Oct 1–23, 2026.
Season 2m runs Oct 10–18, 2026.
First rifle runs Oct 24–Nov 3, 2026.
Late/special rifle runs Dec 1–14, 2026.
Plains rifle (private land only) runs Dec 1–14, 2026.
- Size
- 58 sq mi
- CPW unit boundary, 2025
- Counties
- Logan, Sedgwick
- Elevation
- 3,430–3,740 ft
- USGS 3DEP, 2026-10-19
- Huntable public land
- 8%
- COMaP, 2026-10-12
- Archery license, 2026
- Draw either sex
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
- Success
- 20%
- CPW harvest survey, 2024
- Hunters
- 52
- CPW harvest survey, 2024
- Hunter-days per sq mi
- 9.4
- CPW, 2024
- Road miles, any vehicle
- 56 mi
- MVUM + CDOT, open on the Oct 1 opener
- Median Habitat Score
- 0 of 5
- Ranks 157th of 162 for archery. Glassline, v4, 2026-10-19
- Season 5x, private land only license, 2026
- Draw doe
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
The Habitat Score grades huntable public ground, so a private-land-only license has none here.
- Season 2m license, 2026
- Draw buck, doe
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
- First rifle license, 2026
- Draw buck, doe
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
- Road miles, any vehicle
- 56 mi
- MVUM + CDOT, open on the Oct 24 opener
- Median Habitat Score
- 0.4 of 5
- Ranks 44th of 72 for first rifle. Glassline, v4, 2026-10-19
- Late/special rifle license, 2026
- Draw buck, doe
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
- Plains rifle, private land only license, 2026
- Draw buck
- CPW 2026 big game brochure. Colorado has no OTC mule deer license
The Habitat Score grades huntable public ground, so a private-land-only license has none here.
In short
A low-elevation, open draw-only unit with less far-from-road ground than most units. Almost all of Unit 92 sits between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, with more grass and meadow than anything else and farmland next. About a tenth of the unit is huntable public land, and almost none of that ground is more than an hour and a half on foot from a drivable road. CPW's survey counted 344 hunters across all seasons in 2024, down from 366 in 2022, while archery success fell from 23% to 20%. Every license here is drawn, as for all Colorado mule deer.
In short
A low-elevation, open draw-only unit with less far-from-road ground than most units. Almost all of Unit 92 sits between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, with more grass and meadow than anything else and farmland next, then riparian and wetland ground. About a tenth of the unit is huntable public land, and almost none of that ground is more than an hour and a half on foot from a drivable road. CPW's survey counted 344 hunters across all seasons in 2024, down from 366 in 2022. Every license here is drawn, as for all Colorado mule deer.
Licenses and draw
Archery in Unit 92, 2026: a draw either sex license (D-E-092-O1-A).
- D-E-092-O1-A either sex, draw 2026 draw: residents drawn on choice 2; nonresidents drawn out at 0 points
Season 5x, private land only in Unit 92, 2026: a draw doe license (D-F-092-P5-X).
- D-F-092-P5-X doe, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
Season 2m in Unit 92, 2026: a draw buck license (D-M-092-O2-M) and a draw doe license (D-F-092-O2-M).
- D-M-092-O2-M buck, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
- D-F-092-O2-M doe, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
First rifle in Unit 92, 2026: a draw buck license (D-M-092-O1-R) and a draw doe license (D-F-092-O1-R).
- D-M-092-O1-R buck, draw 2026 draw: drawn out at 0 points for residents and nonresidents
- D-F-092-O1-R doe, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
Late/special rifle in Unit 92, 2026: a draw buck license (D-M-092-L1-R) and a draw doe license (D-F-092-L1-R).
- D-M-092-L1-R buck, draw 2026 draw: residents drawn on choice 2; nonresidents drawn out at 15 points
- D-F-092-L1-R doe, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
Plains rifle, private land only in Unit 92, 2026: a draw buck license (D-M-092-P5-R).
- D-M-092-P5-R buck, draw 2026 draw: licenses left over for residents and nonresidents
CPW 2026 big game brochure; CPW primary-draw recap and drawn-out-at reports, 2024–2026, adult licenses. Every year of draw results is under Hunt codes and draw results.
Plan
The map, Conditions, access, hunt codes and draw results for the season, and what the research says.
Map
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the archery opener, Oct 1; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the season 5x opener, Oct 1; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the season 2m opener, Oct 10; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the first rifle opener, Oct 24; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the late/special rifle opener, Dec 1; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
Huntable public land (8% of the unit) by manager, with roads drawn as open on the plains rifle opener, Dec 1; CPW's mapped ranges switch on from the layer chips.
The interactive map (public land by manager, roads by vehicle class, burns, trailheads, SNOTEL stations, terrain and CPW's mapped ranges) needs JavaScript. The outline shows where Unit 92 sits among its neighbors.
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Layers
Public land
Roads, open on the archery opener
Burns and stations
Terrain
CPW ranges
CPW Species Activity Mapping, 2025. These are the ranges CPW has mapped for mule deer, not animal locations.
Public data only. The plan lives in the app. Map sources
Conditions
As of Oct 21: no SNOTEL station sits within 6 mi of the unit; severe drought (D2) on the US Drought Monitor over 11.3% of the unit.
Rebuilt nightly; sources at the end of the page.
| Item | Value | Data |
|---|---|---|
| SNOTEL | No SNOTEL station within 6 mi of the unit | |
| Drought | D2, Severe droughtShare of the unit: D0 or worse 100% · D1 or worse 53% · D2 or worse 11.3% USDM 2026-10-13 | USDM 2026-10-13 |
| Greenness vs normal, Sep 14–29 | 127% of the September normal (2014–2023), MODIS 16-day composite 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-29 |
7-day forecast
Access
Unit 92 has no mapped trailhead and about 56 miles of road any vehicle may drive on the archery opener, plus 5 more that need high clearance. Nearly all of the huntable public ground is within a 30-minute walk of a drivable road, and almost none is more than an hour and a half away.
Unit 92 has no mapped trailhead. Nearly all of the huntable public ground is within a 30-minute walk of a drivable road, and almost none is more than an hour and a half away. Road miles are counted on the main seasons' openers, so none show for this license's dates.
Unit 92 has no mapped trailhead. Nearly all of the huntable public ground is within a 30-minute walk of a drivable road, and almost none is more than an hour and a half away.
Unit 92 has no mapped trailhead and about 56 miles of road any vehicle may drive on the first rifle opener, plus 5 more that need high clearance. Nearly all of the huntable public ground is within a 30-minute walk of a drivable road, and almost none is more than an hour and a half away.
- Trailheads
- 0
- COTREX, computed 2026-10-19
Hunt codes and draw results
1 hunt code for archery, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-E-092-O1-A either sex | 2024 | 70 | 45 | 49 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 points |
| 2025 | 70 | 47 | 47 | 0 points | 4 | 4 | 0 points | |
| 2026 | 70 | 38 | 50 | Choice 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 points | |
1 hunt code for season 5x, private land only, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-F-092-P5-X doe | 2024 | 150 | 11 | 15 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 150 | 7 | 13 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 150 | 8 | 13 | Leftover | 0 | 1 | Leftover | |
2 hunt codes for season 2m, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-M-092-O2-M buck | 2024 | 25 | 5 | 20 | Leftover | 0 | 1 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 25 | 5 | 15 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 25 | 3 | 16 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| D-F-092-O2-M doe | 2024 | 30 | 4 | 9 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 30 | 3 | 6 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 30 | 5 | 9 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
2 hunt codes for first rifle, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-M-092-O1-R buck | 2024 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 0 points | 3 | 3 | 0 points |
| 2025 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 0 points | 4 | 3 | 2 points | |
| 2026 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 0 points | 5 | 4 | 0 points | |
| D-F-092-O1-R doe | 2024 | 60 | 6 | 13 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 60 | 5 | 10 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 60 | 2 | 15 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
2 hunt codes for late/special rifle, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-M-092-L1-R buck | 2024 | 30 | 15 | 18 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 points |
| 2025 | 25 | 17 | 18 | Choice 2 | 0 | 0 | None Drawn | |
| 2026 | 25 | 13 | 16 | Choice 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 points | |
| D-F-092-L1-R doe | 2024 | 60 | 13 | 28 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 60 | 5 | 19 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 60 | 12 | 43 | Leftover | 0 | 0 | Leftover | |
1 hunt code for plains rifle, private land only, 2026, with CPW's primary-draw results for 2024–2026.
| Hunt code | Year | Licenses | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | 1st-choice applicants | Drawn | Drawn out at | |||
| D-M-092-P5-R buck | 2024 | 60 | 11 | 19 | Leftover | 1 | 2 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 60 | 10 | 26 | Leftover | 2 | 2 | Leftover | |
| 2026 | 60 | 14 | 33 | Leftover | 1 | 6 | Leftover | |
Hunt codes from the CPW 2026 big game brochure. A code valid in several units counts every hunter in all of them.
Draw results are CPW's primary-draw recap and drawn-out-at reports, 2024–2026, adult licenses. "Drawn out at" is the lowest preference-point level that drew a license; "Leftover" means licenses remained after the draw. A code valid in several units counts every applicant for all of them. Source: CPW draw reports, 2024–2026.
What the research says for this season
Findings from published studies and agency work, as tendencies. They describe how mule deer have behaved where they were studied, not where they are in Unit 92.
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In a Wyoming study, mule deer avoided well pads more as vehicle traffic grew; cutting the traffic shrank the ground the deer avoided.
Sawyer et al., 2009 Single study
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In a Wyoming study, mule deer avoided well pads more as vehicle traffic grew; cutting the traffic shrank the ground the deer avoided.
Sawyer et al., 2009 Single study
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In a south-central Wyoming herd, mature bucks moved away from motorized routes into roadless cover during a rifle season while does stayed on their usual forage, and hunting barely changed when deer migrated.
Rodgers et al., 2021 Single study
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In Colorado's Gunnison Basin, GPS-collared mule deer made their fall migration from late October into early November, along corridors averaging about 17 miles.
Kauffman et al., 2024 Single study
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Colorado mule deer breed from mid-November to mid-December, so the third and fourth rifle seasons overlap the rut.
Colorado NRCS, 2000 Agency guidance
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In a Wyoming GPS study, the date mule deer reached winter range swung by weeks between years, following snow and falling temperatures rather than the calendar.
Monteith et al., 2011 Single study
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Reference
Terrain, the multi-year numbers, neighbors and sources. Each opens in place.
Terrain and habitat
3,430–3,740 ft; grass & meadow 29.9% and farmland 22.6%; no mapped burns since 2020.
Unit-wide figures, computed 2026-10-19.
Table view
| Band | Acres |
|---|---|
| 3,000–4,000 ft | 36,520 ac |
Table view
| Slope class | Share |
|---|---|
| Flat (under 5°) | 94.3% |
| Gentle (5–15°) | 5.6% |
| Moderate (15–25°) | 0.1% |
| Steep (25–35°) | 0% |
| Very steep (35° and up) | 0% |
Table view
| Aspect | Share |
|---|---|
| North | 15.6% |
| Northeast | 28.3% |
| East | 8.8% |
| Southeast | 3% |
| South | 5% |
| Southwest | 8.7% |
| West | 17.9% |
| Northwest | 12.7% |
Table view
| Vegetation group | Share |
|---|---|
| Grass & meadow | 29.9% |
| Farmland | 22.6% |
| Riparian & wetland | 22% |
| Shrubland | 15.9% |
| Developed | 5.8% |
| Water | 3.7% |
| Item | Value | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Burns | No burned acres in the unit since 2020 NIFC | NIFC |
| Openings in timber | 52 openings of 1–40 ac, from lidar covering 100% of the unit 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-19 |
Table view
| Score | Share of scored ground |
|---|---|
| 0–0.5 | 100% |
| 0.5–1 | 0% |
| 1–1.5 | 0% |
| 1.5–2 | 0% |
| 2–2.5 | 0% |
| 2.5–3 | 0% |
| 3–3.5 | 0% |
| 3.5–4 | 0% |
| 4–4.5 | 0% |
| 4.5–5 | 0% |
Glassline's Habitat Score grades terrain and habitat for the season on food, water, breeding and shelter. Shown here as one distribution for the whole unit, never a map: it grades ground, not animal locations.
The Habitat Score grades huntable public ground, so a private-land-only license has no distribution here.
No Habitat Score distribution for this season.
Table view
| Score | Share of scored ground |
|---|---|
| 0–0.5 | 65.5% |
| 0.5–1 | 34.5% |
| 1–1.5 | 0% |
| 1.5–2 | 0% |
| 2–2.5 | 0% |
| 2.5–3 | 0% |
| 3–3.5 | 0% |
| 3.5–4 | 0% |
| 4–4.5 | 0% |
| 4.5–5 | 0% |
Glassline's Habitat Score grades terrain and habitat for the season on food, water, breeding and shelter. Shown here as one distribution for the whole unit, never a map: it grades ground, not animal locations.
The numbers
CPW harvest estimates 2022–2024 for the chosen season and all seasons, the South Platte River herd (D-44) estimate for 2025 and hunter density, 2024.
Archery success fell from 23% to 20% between 2022 and 2024, while the season's hunters fell by about a tenth. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
CPW reports no season 5x harvest figures for the unit. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
CPW reports no season 2m harvest figures for the unit. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
CPW reports no first rifle harvest figures for the unit. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
CPW reports no late/special rifle harvest figures for the unit. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
CPW reports no plains rifle harvest figures for the unit. Across all seasons, hunters held about steady between 2022 and 2024. Unit 92 is one of 5 units in CPW's South Platte River mule deer herd (DAU D-44), estimated at about 3,400 mule deer after the 2025 hunt, with 34 bucks per 100 does.
| Season | Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 2022 | 58 | 13 | 23% |
| 2023 | 52 | 16 | 31% | |
| 2024 | 52 | 10 | 20% | |
| All seasons | 2022 | 366 | 111 | 30% |
| 2023 | 299 | 69 | 23% | |
| 2024 | 344 | 114 | 33% |
CPW deer harvest reports, 2022–2024. A dash: not reported.
| Season | Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All seasons | 2022 | 366 | 111 | 30% |
| 2023 | 299 | 69 | 23% | |
| 2024 | 344 | 114 | 33% |
CPW deer harvest reports, 2022–2024. A dash: not reported.
| Item | Value | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter density | 30 hunter-days per sq mi, all seasons CPW 2024 | CPW 2024 |
| Herd estimate (South Platte River, D-44) | 3,420 post-hunt · 3,850 in 2019 CPW 2025 | CPW 2025 |
| Buck:doe ratio | 34 bucks per 100 does CPW 2025 | CPW 2025 |
CPW harvest figures are survey estimates, not counts, and they cover the whole unit, private land included. Source: CPW harvest reports, 2022–2024.
Herd numbers cover the whole South Platte River herd unit (D-44), which also takes in Units 91, 94, 96 and 951: CPW manages herds, not units. Source: CPW post-hunt population estimate, 2025.
Neighbors
Units 93, 90, 91, 98 and 89, nearest first.
- Unit 93 → All seasons success 34% (2024)2% huntable public landDraw only
- Unit 90 → All seasons success 49% (2024)2% huntable public landDraw only
- Unit 91 → All seasons success 40% (2024)17% huntable public landDraw only
- Unit 98 → All seasons success 46% (2024)2% huntable public landDraw only
- Unit 89 → All seasons success 60% (2024)4% huntable public landDraw only
From each unit's own page; dates there.
What this page can't tell you
Closures, private ground, this year's pressure and animal locations.
- Closures. Forest, fire and road closure orders change through the season and aren't checked here. The managing agency's current order governs.
- Private ground. Land with no public hunting access is hunted only with the owner's permission, and the public-land share above leaves it out.
- This year's pressure. CPW's hunter numbers run a year or more behind the season you're planning.
- Animal locations. These are terrain, access, harvest and herd figures, and CPW's mapped ranges are range lines; none of them places an animal.
Sources
21 datasets and studies, dated where the source dates them.
- Deer statistics: population estimates and harvest reports — Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Colorado big game hunting: brochure, seasons and hunt codes — Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Game Management Unit boundaries (Hunting Atlas) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife On the map: unit boundaries, 2025.
- COMaP: Colorado Ownership, Management and Protection — Colorado Natural Heritage Program, 2026-10-12 On the map: public land by manager, mapped 2026-07-29.
- 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), 1/3 arc-second — U.S. Geological Survey On the map: shaded relief from 5 m and 10 m lidar elevation, mapped 2026-10-04; elevation bands and slope, mapped 2026-10-04.
- LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type (LF 2024) — U.S. Geological Survey / USDA Forest Service, LF2024
- 3DEP lidar point clouds (canopy height model) — U.S. Geological Survey
- COTREX: Colorado Trail Explorer — Colorado Parks and Wildlife On the map: trailheads, 2024.
- Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) — USDA Forest Service On the map: roads by vehicle class, drawn as open on the selected season's opener, mapped 2026-08-22.
- Highways and major roads — Colorado Department of Transportation On the map: highways, mapped 2026-07-31.
- U.S. Drought Monitor — National Drought Mitigation Center, 2026-10-13
- MOD13Q1 vegetation indices (NDVI), 250 m 16-day — NASA LP DAAC, 2026-09-29
- Influence of well pad activity on winter habitat selection patterns of mule deer — Sawyer, Kauffman and Nielson, Journal of Wildlife Management 73(7), 2009
- Sex-specific behaviors of hunted mule deer during rifle season — Rodgers, Sawyer, Mong, Stephens and Kauffman, Journal of Wildlife Management 85(2), 2021
- Ungulate migrations of the western United States, volume 4 — Kauffman, Lowrey, Beaupre and others, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5006, 2024
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fact sheet — USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado, Fact sheet, March 2000, 2000
- Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life-history characteristics — Monteith, Bleich, Stephenson, Pierce, Conner, Klaver and Bowyer, Ecosphere 2(4), 2011
- Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) fire perimeters — National Interagency Fire Center On the map: burns over 100 acres since 2020, mapped 2026-06-29.
- SNOTEL network: daily snow depth and snow water equivalent — USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service On the map: SNOTEL stations.
- Gazetteer files, places — U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 On the map: towns, 2024.
- Species Activity Mapping: mule deer seasonal ranges — Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2025 On the map: CPW mapped ranges, 2025.
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