Utica, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64686. It lies near Shale Hill. The Survey maps it on the Utica West quadrangle. 222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUtica fell from 269 to 222 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 269 | |
| 2020 | 222 | -47 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Dawn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Utica West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2002 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177016-05996-05192018-1959 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176693-05996-04222018-1621 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176691-05996-04172018-1944 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178573-05996-04152019-2155 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178574-05996-04152019-2014 |
| 18 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176107-05996-03132018-1638 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Utica: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica Roving Sand Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Midland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Midland Clay Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mooresville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Social media report of downed tree limbs near Utica. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Report of downed tree limbs in the Utica area. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Social media report of 60 mph wind gusts in Utica. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Healthy crop was knocked over by the wind. Estimated winds around 60 mph. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | Quarter sized hail in Utica. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | Half dollar sized hail near Utica. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Utica | - | The Grand River near Chillicothe crested at 31.15 feet, or 7.15 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Utica | - | The Grand River near Chillicothe crested at 27.43 feet, or 3.43 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Utica | - | The Grand River near Chillicothe crested at 29.22 feet, or 5.22 feet above flood stage. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mooresville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cleary | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dawn | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Chillicothe | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sampsel | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ludlow | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Corner Campbell School | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cavendish | 8.1 miles | 15 |
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 Utica | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2552261 | The 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 728091. 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.







