Utica, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Christiana town. It lies in ZIP code area 53589. The Survey maps it on the Rockdale quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Rockdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2018 and 2020, 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 232 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 160 |
| 30 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20841 |
| 11 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019093 |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 107 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018051 |
| 8 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 101 |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019038 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Utica: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kaupanger-Ramsey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kreuger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lunde Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rucks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Utica | $160,000 | Tornado appears to have started west of I-39 along Church Rd where it tracked to the north side before hitting a farmstead along Highway 73. Two metal barn structures were completely destroyed with sheet metal from these buildings found in the trees in the far farm hill to the east. A cement silo was also lifted up and had 3 large chunks of the cap broken off of it. The tornado appears to have gone southeast toward County Road A before ending near Woodside School Rd. Extensive straight line/rear flank downdraft wind damage occurred about a mile or two to the south of the tornado with one farm shed destroyed along Highway 73 south of Thornson Rd. Sheet metal from this building appeared to be tumbled into the nearby field to the east. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Utica | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Utica | - | This weak tornado spun up in a rural area south-southwest of Utica near Tower Drive, and moved northeast and crossed Washington Road about 1/2 mile north of Kaas Road, and dissipated near an old quarry near the intersection of Washington Road and East Church Road. It resulted in only minor tree damage - of the broken tree branch variety. The starting and ending locations, with respect to lat/long pairs of numbers, were 42.92758/-89.14221 and 43.95491/-89.10805. DI#28 (TS), DOD2. Wind speed estimated at about 75 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked large branches out of several trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | - | Trees down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Utica | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Utica | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Corners | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Kegonsa | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hillside | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Nora | 4.7 miles | 26 | |
| Rockdale | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Petty Acres | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Knoll | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Door Creek | 5.6 miles | 26 |
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 Q7902761 | 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 1576007. 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.







