Independence, Oregon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 9 records

• James S. and Jennie M. Cooper Houselisted 1988
• Dr. John E. and Mary D. Davidson Houselisted 1985
• Kersey C. Eldridge Houselisted 1988
• Independence Historic Districtlisted 1989
• Independence National Banklisted 1986
• Parker Schoollisted 1989
• Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1987
• George A. Wells Jr. Houselisted 1981
• J. A. Wheeler Houselisted 1986

Independence grew from 8,590 to 9,828 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

• 1914 USGS Independence quadrangle1:31680
• 1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
• 1970 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Independence between 2002 and 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Cochrane (historical)
• Monmouth
• Rickreall

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Independence: 10 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Polk County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Independence in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

Every storm recorded in Polk County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163064. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.