THE DAGGETT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Elevation Uinta Mountains setting.
Daggett County has 696.5 square miles of land in Utah. 8 mapped landscape regions meet across Daggett County: Mid-Elevation Uinta Mountains, Semiarid Foothills, Rolling Sagebrush Steppe, among others.
High, steep mountains and narrow valleys form the core of the Wasatch and Uinta ranges. Woodland, aspen and conifers change with elevation, with dissected plateaus along parts of the margins.
Regional context: Wasatch and Uinta Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Daggett County intersects 8 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mid-Elevation Uinta Mountains34.2%
- Semiarid Foothills17.5%
- Rolling Sagebrush Steppe17.3%
- Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands11.8%
- Foothill Shrublands and Low Mountains10.1%
Wyoming Basin in Daggett County
A broad dry basin is interrupted by hills and low mountains. Grassland and shrubland dominate the regional setting between the more heavily forested surrounding ranges.
Read the regional source ↗Colorado Plateaus in Daggett County
Layered sedimentary rock forms mesas, benches, cliffs and deeply cut canyons. Pinyon-juniper woodland, oak and drier basin vegetation vary with elevation and the plateau's strongly contrasting terrain.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Daggett County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Daggett County, including Dutch John, Flaming Gorge, Manila. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Daggett County by land and water
The Census records 23.6 square miles of water within Daggett County, or 3.3% of its total area. That share is close to Daggett County’s 3.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Daggett County has 305.4 times the land area of nearby Flaming Gorge CDP (2.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Duchesne County, Summit County, Uintah County within Utah. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

