Independence, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Heber City East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84082. It lies near Foreman Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Twin Peaks quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,073 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIndependence fell from 164 to 121 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 164 | |
| 2020 | 121 | -43 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Twin Peaks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Twin Peaks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Twin Peaks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Independence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,782 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 1 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MILL A. |
| 9 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LITTLE CLYDE CREEK |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TELEPHONE HOLLOW |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CURRANT CREEK |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HUB |
| 22 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BJORKMAN 2 |
| 2 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | EPHEMERAL |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Independence: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobble Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Point of the Pines Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Point of the Pines Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26027 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. Z6027 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Wasatch Sand and Gravel No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Placer |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallsburg | 10.5 miles | 21 | |
| Timber Lakes | 11.8 miles | 22 | |
| Center Creek | 13.2 miles | 22 | |
| Daniel | 14.3 miles | 21 | |
| Charleston | 16.0 miles | 21 | |
| Heber City | 16.3 miles | 26 | |
| Midway | 18.5 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Spa | 19.0 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Independence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483623 | 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 2547779. 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.









