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Utica, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Utica City. It lies in ZIP code area 48317. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. 5,245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.

Utica within Macomb County

Population over time

2 figures

Utica grew from 4,757 to 5,245 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
20104,757
20205,245+488 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

67 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2018 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 3 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 use37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
25 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005784 - 2018
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0002381 - 2019
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0009868 - 2019
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009742 - 2019
30 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0010507 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009420 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Utica: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fries Tile Works' Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Macomb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morgan Number 1 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2000Flash FloodUtica$125,000no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica$50,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindUtica$30,000Sterling Estates, a mobile home park, suffered thunderstorm wind damage. Most of the damage was roof/shingle damage, but a few trees and sheds were also reported blown down. One home had the roof/awning completely ripped off.
September 1999Flash FloodUtica$30,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUtica$20,000Many trees reported down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindUtica$15,000no account filed
June 2006LightningUtica$10,000Lightning struck a home, destroying the chimney. Damage to the chimney was estimated at $10K.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindUtica$8,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindUtica$6,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindUtica$3,000Trees and powerlines were reported blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindUtica$2,000A large tree was blown down on Van Dyke Avenue and struck a car, causing minor damage.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUtica-One foot diameter tree reported down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindUtica-Wind damage was reported by the utility company.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindUtica-Two six inch diameter tree branches down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindUtica-A large tree was blown down.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindUtica-A trained spotter estimated wind speeds at 60 MPH.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindUtica-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindUtica-A 59 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a storm spotter.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindUtica-Sixty mph wind gust reported at Hall Road and M-59.
May 2024HailUtica-no account filed
May 2024HailUtica-no account filed
August 2010HailUtica-no account filed
August 2010HailUtica-no account filed
March 2007HailUtica-no account filed
March 2006HailUtica-no account filed
April 2003HailUtica-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
July 2000HailUtica-no account filed
September 1999HailUtica-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
April 1995HailUtica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Shelby3.1 miles18
Sterling Heights3.2 miles18
Disco4.0 miles18
Preston Corners5.4 miles17
Waldenburg5.5 miles17
Cady5.8 miles18
Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park6.4 miles18
Macomb6.5 miles17

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 Q969722The 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 1615434. 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.

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.