Independence Utah Map

About Independence, Utah

Independence is a locality in Uintah County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 1.5 people per km². Independence is located at 40.4108°N, 111.2957°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Independence is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 84052, 84032.

Independence marks the confluence of high-desert stillness and the persistent, low-slung course of Dry Gulch Creek. It lies 25.8 miles west-southwest of Vernal, UT (from Vernal, UT: bearing 236°T), and is situated 4.5 miles southeast of Roosevelt. The landscape surrounding Independence unfolds in a series of arid, sun-bleached plains that slope gradually toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Uinta Mountains. To the west, the terrain dips into the quiet shadows of Cobble Hollow, where the earth holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has retreated. The air here carries a distinct, sharp clarity, smelling faintly of dry sage and cooling dust, while the light at dusk turns the horizon into a bruised palette of violet and burnt orange, casting long, lean shadows across the sagebrush.

Independence preserves the measured, deliberate pace of an agricultural past, sustained by the irrigation patterns that draw life from the nearby Montes Creek Reservoir. The local economy remains anchored to the land, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the labor of the day, and the occasional visitor might spend an afternoon observing the quiet expanses of Old Mill Park. History in Independence is not found in grand monuments, but in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the homesteads and the way the community maintains its connection to the surrounding basin. Life here moves with the gravity of the seasons, a steady and unadorned existence where the primary concern is the careful tending of the soil and the maintenance of the water rights that keep the valley green against the encroaching desert.

About This Independence Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Independence, Utah. Coordinates: 40.410756, -111.29574. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Independence includes the ZIP code (84052, 84032), telephone area code (801, 385), county seat of Uintah County (Vernal), and school district assignment (Wasatch School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.