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.
Population over time
2 figuresUtica 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,132 | |
| 2020 | 2,064 | -68 (-3%) |
Then and now
1909 to 1966The 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 sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
2 since 2019The 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15138 |
| 1 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15285 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,144 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Peronospora alta Fuckel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. | 1888 | E. Barrick | Fredonia |
![]() | Solanum emulans Raf. | 1888 | E. Barrick | Fredonia |
![]() | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Mills, W. C. | Mt. Vernon, 1 mi N of, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Parker, J. B. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Williamson, E. G. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1898 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | Parker, J. P. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Osburn, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Wey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
21 since 1993The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Utica | $300,000 | A tornado knocked down numerous trees, destroyed 2 barns, and caused significant damage to 4 homes. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $50,000 | Dozens of trees were downed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $30,000 | Structural damage occurred to an Ice Cream Factory due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $15,000 | Metal 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $10,000 | A roof was torn off of a barn and there was damage to some playground equipment. A tree was also uprooted. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $5,000 | Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $5,000 | Trees and large limbs downed. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $4,000 | Trees were blown down in the northern part of the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $3,000 | Multiple trees were downed. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Utica | $3,000 | A water rescue occurred on North High Street. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down near Utica due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $3,000 | Numerous trees were downed across the northern part of the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $2,000 | Two trees were downed. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Utica | $2,000 | A water rescue occurred on Blacksnake Road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $1,000 | Several large limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Utica | - | State Route 13 was closed due to high water. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Utica | - | Minor flooding was reported at the intersection of Ohio Route 13 and U.S. 62. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattons Corners | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Homer | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Louisville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Chatham | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Highwater | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Barrick Corners | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Purity | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cokesbury Corners | 6.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q2674175 | 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 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.





















