SO/Richfield Office Interpretive

About forestry service, 84740, Junction, UT, US, Utah

Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah. == Description == As of the 2020 census, the city population was 8,201. It lies in the Mormon Corridor, just off Interstate 70, approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of its junction with Interstate 15. The county can be best described as "rural diversified" due to the convergence of agricultural, retail and industrial activities. Richfield has developed as a regional tourist center because it is located on the interstate freeway about halfway between Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado, attracting many automobile travelers who stop at the city. Richfield is remote from larger cities, about 100 miles (160 km) or more in any direction from more populous towns such as Salt Lake City. Its remoteness, plus its location on major transportation corridors, makes it central Utah's de facto regional capital, a shopping and "commercial capital of a vast mountain-valley region." The local community college, affiliated with Snow College, provides medical care. Richfield is part of "Panoramaland;" it is on the thoroughfare to several nearby national parks and national forests. == History == Prehistoric people occupied the Richfield area for more than 7,000 years. Fremont culture remains are found near most community sites in the Sevier area.