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Utica, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67584. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. 99 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,625 feet above sea level.

Utica within Ness County

On record in Utica

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Utica fell from 158 to 99 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.

YearPeople Change
2010158
202099-59 (-37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2015 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Service15U0919
9 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNess County17U0392
14 October 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service15U1014
11 October 2016Natural25 acresKansas Forest Service16U1011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ness County

Storms near this place

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 82 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 59 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindUtica$50,000Ness County Sheriff's Office reported barn blown down and power poles down from thunderstorm winds.
September 2025HailUtica-A public report of 1 inch hail.
July 2018Heavy RainUtica-Rainfall of 4.50 inches was observed. Most of the rain fell during the late evening hours.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindUtica-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindUtica-A large tree limb was broken by the high wind.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindUtica-Numerous tree branches of 2 to 4 inches were broken by the high wind.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindUtica-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
June 2014Heavy RainUtica-Rainfall of 3.45 inches was reported at Utica.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindUtica-A few small tree limbs were blown down by the 60 MPH wind.
May 2013HailUtica-There was also 1.05 of rainfall.
August 2013Flash FloodUtica-Water was reported over a road.
September 2012HailUtica-Most of the hail was between ping pong ball and golf ball size with just a few between hen egg and tennis ball size.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindUtica-Winds were estimated to be at least 70 MPH. The roof off a barn was removed by the high wind and most outbuildings were damaged.
June 2010HailUtica-Sporadic golf ball sized hail was reported.
June 2010HailUtica-Smaller hail fell for about 30 hours from 530 PM until 830 PM.
July 2009Heavy RainUtica-Heavy rainfall of 4.00 fell in an hours time.
July 2009HailUtica-The hail fell for 20 minutes.
July 2009HailUtica-The hail ranged in size from pea to quarter sized.
July 2009HailUtica-Quarter sized hail fell for 20 minutes.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Utica-This tornado formed as the mesocyclone occluded but did not strike anything to cause damage.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindUtica-A cattle shed and lean two were destroyed by the high wind.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Utica-The tornado curved back to the northwest before dissipating. It caused EF1 damage at a farm where a 40 by 60 foot shed was destroyed. The tornado also took down fencing.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindUtica-One to 1 1/2 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2007Heavy RainUtica-Rainfall of 3.34 inches was reported during the afternoon.
July 2007Heavy RainUtica-Rainfall of 3.30 inches fell overnight.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindUtica-Several six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down
June 2002Thunderstorm WindUtica-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the wind.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindUtica-Two inch tree branches broken.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica-Five inch tree limbs blown down.
August 2021HailUtica-no account filed
May 2019HailUtica-no account filed
May 2017HailUtica-no account filed
April 2017HailUtica-no account filed
June 2016HailUtica-no account filed
June 2014HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
May 2013HailUtica-no account filed
September 2012HailUtica-no account filed
September 2012HailUtica-no account filed
May 2011HailUtica-no account filed
June 2010HailUtica-no account filed
July 2009HailUtica-no account filed
July 2009HailUtica-no account filed
May 2008HailUtica-no account filed
June 2007HailUtica-no account filed
August 2007HailUtica-no account filed
August 2007HailUtica-no account filed
May 2007HailUtica-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
June 2005HailUtica-no account filed
July 2005HailUtica-no account filed
June 2004HailUtica-no account filed
August 2004HailUtica-no account filed
August 2004HailUtica-no account filed
May 2003HailUtica-no account filed
May 2003HailUtica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ness County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Arnold6.6 miles8
Ransom12.5 miles13
Beeler13.8 miles8
Laird14.9 miles8
Osgood17.3 miles13
Ness City19.2 miles15
Brownell22.5 miles13
Harold28.5 miles15

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 UticaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2210126The 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 471453. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.