Utica sits in the Mohawk Valley on soils made from ground-up shale, with wetter clay soils in low spots. Winters bring about 100 inches of snow and dozens of freeze-thaw swings, and Sauquoit Creek and the Mohawk River flood often. About half the city's homes were built before 1940, so many basements are old stone, brick or block that has taken a century of wet springs.
Ways to reach us
Phone: (315) 322-9152 is the fastest way to get help.