Utica, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct E. It lies in ZIP code area 68456. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. 840 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,591 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUtica fell from 861 to 840 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 | 861 | |
| 2020 | 840 | -21 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS York quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 54 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 30 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Utica | $10,000 | Rainfall of at least 2 to 4 inches on 6/20 and 6/21 and additional rains a few days after that caused prolonged flooding along Lincoln Creek in Seward county. The Creek near Seward crested at a little over 18 feet during the morning of 6/23, flood stage is 15 feet. The creek was above flood stage near Seward from the afternoon of 6/21 until the early evening of 6/27. Flooding of county roads and farmland near the creek was observed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | The office received a public report of branches down and trees snapped just south of Utica, Nebraska. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Public reported a large tree snapped off via social media. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | Public reported 2-inch hail. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Utica | - | Law enforcement reported flooded roads and low-lying areas in Utica. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Utica | - | Law enforcement reported continued flooding in Utica. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | COOP Observer reported 1-inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Utica | - | Public reported a few stones larger than quarter sized. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Utica | - | Public reported 1.75 inch hail and several windows broken in their home. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Utica | - | COOP Observer reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Utica | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Personal weather station measured 61 mph wind. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Mesonet measured a 63 MPH wind. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Utica | - | Measured 2.74 inches north of Utica. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Utica | - | The hail broke windows and put holes in siding in homes. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Utica | - | Trees, corn, and soybeans were stripped of leaves. There were hail drifts in the street. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Damaging winds damaged a greenhouse southeast of Utica. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Nickel size hail was also reported. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Utica | - | Reports from Utica ranged from golf ball to tennis ball size hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Utica | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell in the Utica area for several minutes. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | A spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts were around 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Utica | - | Hail up to golf ball-size was reported a few miles southeast of Utica. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Utica | - | The hail was accompanied by winds estimated at 55 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed several trees in town, destroyed one small building north of town and also tore the arm off of a railroad crossing gate. The winds also blew over a semi-trailer truck on Interstate 80 five miles south of town and upset several center irrigation pivots in the area. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Gusts from thunderstorms downed power lines near town. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated at 60 mph downed some 3 to 4 inch tree limbs north of Utica. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | A trained spottered estimated that thunderstorm wind gusts over 80 mph blew a shed away near Utica. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by a cooperative observer at 60 mph downed 4 inch tree limbs around Utica. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Wind damage...three inch tree limbs downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Tree limbs downed. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Utica | - | Brief touch down near highway 34 |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | A few windows broken in Tamora by high winds. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamora | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Goehner | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Marysville (historical) | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Beaver Crossing | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Staplehurst | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cordova | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Seward | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ruby | 14.9 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 Q2707199 | 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 1669582. 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.
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.






