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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.

Utica within Seward County

Population over time

2 figures

Utica 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.

YearPeople Change
2010861
2020840-21 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Storms near this place

54 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010FloodUtica$10,000Rainfall 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 1997Thunderstorm WindUtica$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindUtica-The office received a public report of branches down and trees snapped just south of Utica, Nebraska.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUtica-Public reported a large tree snapped off via social media.
July 2023HailUtica-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
July 2023HailUtica-Public reported 2-inch hail.
July 2023Flash FloodUtica-Law enforcement reported flooded roads and low-lying areas in Utica.
July 2023Flash FloodUtica-Law enforcement reported continued flooding in Utica.
April 2023HailUtica-COOP Observer reported 1-inch hail.
April 2023HailUtica-Public reported a few stones larger than quarter sized.
June 2022HailUtica-Public reported 1.75 inch hail and several windows broken in their home.
June 2022HailUtica-COOP Observer reported ping pong ball sized hail.
June 2022HailUtica-Public reported 1-inch hail.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUtica-Personal weather station measured 61 mph wind.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindUtica-Mesonet measured a 63 MPH wind.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindUtica-Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2019Heavy RainUtica-Measured 2.74 inches north of Utica.
August 2018HailUtica-The hail broke windows and put holes in siding in homes.
August 2018HailUtica-Trees, corn, and soybeans were stripped of leaves. There were hail drifts in the street.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindUtica-Damaging winds damaged a greenhouse southeast of Utica.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindUtica-Nickel size hail was also reported.
June 2014HailUtica-Reports from Utica ranged from golf ball to tennis ball size hail.
May 2012HailUtica-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell in the Utica area for several minutes.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindUtica-A spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts were around 60 mph.
August 2011HailUtica-Hail up to golf ball-size was reported a few miles southeast of Utica.
April 2006HailUtica-The hail was accompanied by winds estimated at 55 mph.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindUtica-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 2006Thunderstorm WindUtica-Gusts from thunderstorms downed power lines near town. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindUtica-Thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated at 60 mph downed some 3 to 4 inch tree limbs north of Utica.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindUtica-A trained spottered estimated that thunderstorm wind gusts over 80 mph blew a shed away near Utica.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindUtica-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by a cooperative observer at 60 mph downed 4 inch tree limbs around Utica.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindUtica-Wind damage...three inch tree limbs downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica-Tree limbs downed.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Utica-Brief touch down near highway 34
June 1997Thunderstorm WindUtica-A few windows broken in Tamora by high winds.
May 2012HailUtica-no account filed
June 2010HailUtica-no account filed
July 2008HailUtica-no account filed
July 2007HailUtica-no account filed
June 2006HailUtica-no account filed
September 2006HailUtica-no account filed
April 2005HailUtica-no account filed
May 2005HailUtica-no account filed
July 2004HailUtica-no account filed
June 2002HailUtica-no account filed
September 2001HailUtica-no account filed
June 1999HailUtica-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindUtica-no account filed
June 1998HailUtica-no account filed
June 1998HailUtica-no account filed
April 1998HailUtica-no account filed
May 1996HailUtica-no account filed
July 1994HailUtica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seward 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
Tamora6.4 miles14
Goehner7.9 miles15
Marysville (historical)8.7 miles14
Beaver Crossing8.8 miles14
Staplehurst10.7 miles14
Cordova12.4 miles10
Seward13.1 miles14
Ruby14.9 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 Q2707199The 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.