BlockIndependence, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84052. It stands on Montes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Windy Ridge quadrangle. It stands 4,954 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1917 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Windy Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Independence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 were 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Fireworks | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Uintah and Ouray Agency | GUN RANGE |
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KETTLE |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WARDCUT |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | COONSVILLE |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BURNING TIRES |
| 3 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | JAILHOUSE |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GULCH CAMP |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeast Area | APARTMENT TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
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.
| Wikidata item Q29043726 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437593. 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.