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Utica, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43080. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. 2,064 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Utica within Licking County

Population over time

2 figures

Utica fell from 2,132 to 2,064 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. 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
20102,132
20202,064-68 (-3%)

Then and now

1909 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Utica, surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Utica, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 nearby

2 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2019 and 2019, burning about 14 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
11 April 2019Debris and open burning4.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15138
1 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15285

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Licking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,144 shown

Museums hold 1,144 specimens collected within 10 miles of Utica between 1888 and 1975: 1,132 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ANGEVINE & SEVER, Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Peronospora alta FuckelPeronospora alta Fuckel1897F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.1888E. BarrickFredonia
A photograph of the species Solanum emulans, not of this specimenSolanum emulans Raf.1888E. BarrickFredonia
A photograph of the species Icteria virens, not of this specimenIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Mills, W. C.Mt. Vernon, 1 mi N of, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1896Parker, J. B.Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Piranga olivacea, not of this specimenPiranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1897Parker, J. D.Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Polioptila caerulea, not of this specimenPolioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)1897Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Vireo olivaceus, not of this specimenVireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1897Williamson, E. G.Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Coccyzus erythropthalmus, not of this specimenCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)1898Parker, J. D.Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1898Parker, J. P.Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Melanerpes erythrocephalus, not of this specimenMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA

All 1,144 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Utica: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Wey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Licking County

Storms nearby

21 since 1993

The National Weather Service names Utica in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
August 1998Tornado (F2)Utica$300,000A tornado knocked down numerous trees, destroyed 2 barns, and caused significant damage to 4 homes.
September 1994Thunderstorm WindUtica$50,000Dozens of trees were downed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindUtica$30,000Structural damage occurred to an Ice Cream Factory due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindUtica$15,000Metal roofs were partially removed from several unoccupied structures. Also numerous trees were downed in the vicinity of School Street and Central Avenue, as well as near the intersection of Central Avenue and Maple Avenue.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindUtica$10,000A roof was torn off of a barn and there was damage to some playground equipment. A tree was also uprooted.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindUtica$5,000Trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindUtica$5,000Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindUtica$5,000Trees and large limbs downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindUtica$4,000Trees were blown down in the northern part of the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindUtica$3,000Multiple trees were downed.
March 2020Flash FloodUtica$3,000A water rescue occurred on North High Street.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindUtica$3,000Several trees were reported down near Utica due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindUtica$3,000Numerous trees were downed across the northern part of the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindUtica$2,000Two trees were downed.
March 2020Flash FloodUtica$2,000A water rescue occurred on Blacksnake Road.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindUtica$1,000Several large limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
September 2020FloodUtica-State Route 13 was closed due to high water.
August 2016Heavy RainUtica-Minor flooding was reported at the intersection of Ohio Route 13 and U.S. 62.
March 2012HailUtica-no account filed
April 2006HailUtica-no account filed
April 2001HailUtica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Licking 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
Pattons Corners3.7 miles11
Homer3.7 miles10
Saint Louisville4.6 miles10
Chatham5.3 miles10
Highwater5.4 miles11
Barrick Corners6.1 miles11
Purity6.4 miles11
Cokesbury Corners6.7 miles11

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 Q2674175The 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 1065417. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.