Independence, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,600 ft 2,925 m8,650 ft 2,635 m8,170 ft 2,490 m7,230 ft 2,200 m6,280 ft 1,915 m5,800 ft 1,770 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Independence sits at about 6,100 ft (1,860 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,100 ft 1,860 m
most residents: 5,860–6,390 ft
Lowest
5,800 ft 1,770 m
on the northwest side
Highest
9,600 ft 2,925 m
on the north side
Average
7,570 ft 2,305 m
all land inside town limits
Independence spans about 3,800 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 6,100 ft1,860 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 9,600 ft2,925 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 5,800 ft1,770 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Independence | 7,980 ft2,430 m |
| Average of all land | 7,570 ft2,305 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
9.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,100 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.7 °F93.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
23.9 inHg (80.9 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Wasatch County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 108 2024 est.
- Land area
- 30.6 sq mi
- Density
- 3.5 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.3029° N, 111.2569° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Middle Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Provo River → Jordan River → Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 84032
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Timber Lakes7,500 ft
- Woodland6,750 ft
- Sundance6,590 ft
- Independence6,100 ft
- Interlaken5,960 ft
- Daniel5,750 ft
- Wallsburg5,680 ft
- Heber5,660 ft
- Midway5,620 ft
- Hobble Creek5,610 ft
- Charleston5,450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah55th highest of 334
- Towns in Wasatch County3rd highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Red Creek Mountain10,602 ft
- Mill Canyon Peak10,353 ft
- Strawberry Peak, Wasatch County9,719 ft
- Bald Knoll9,320 ft
- Wallsburg Ridge9,201 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.