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Dieterich, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bishop Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62424. The Survey maps it on the Dieterich quadrangle. 890 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Dieterich within Effingham County

Population over time

2 figures

Dieterich grew from 617 to 890 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
2010617
2020890+273 (+44%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

29 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dieterich in 29 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 11 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDieterich$100,000Two farm buildings were destroyed, a house was damaged, and a silo was blown over near Dietrich. A large tree was blown down as well.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDieterich$85,000Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in Dieterich. In addition, a 157-foot wireless internet tower was blown down and the roofs of a few homes lost shingles.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDieterich$75,000Shingles were blown off several houses. A large tree was blown down and two empty semis were tipped over.
June 2008Flash FloodDieterich$60,000Several evacuations due to high water in the town of Dieterich. Six to eight houses experienced damage with approximately one foot of water in the basements.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDieterich$45,000A grain bin was toppled over onto another grain bin. A storage building lost its roof and numerous trees were blown down.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindDieterich$40,000Part of the roof was blown off a church north of Dieterich.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDieterich$40,000The roof was ripped off a breezeway at Dieterich High School. The roof contained a water pipe that broke and flooded the adjacent gym floor.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDieterich$30,000A few trees were blown onto houses and power lines were knocked down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDieterich$12,000A semi truck was blown over on Route 33 near Dieterich.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDieterich$5,000A shed was damaged in Dietrich.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDieterich$2,000A large portion of a tree was blown down in Dieterich.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDieterich-A couple outbuildings were destroyed.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDieterich-A large tree was blown over.
July 2020Flash FloodDieterich-Water was flowing across many roads in the town of Dietrich.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDieterich-A power pole was snapped.
April 2006Tornado (F2)Dieterich-A tornado touched down in a wooded area just southwest of the intersection of 700th Avenue and 2000th Street. It tracked east-northeast, and struck a farmstead on 2000th St., destroying a barn, 4 outbuildings and several grain bins. The tornado struck a homestead about 1 mile to the east of the farm, snapping off dozens of trees and causing minor roof damage to a well-built home. About a mile to the east of the home, the tornado struck two homesteads. Considerable tree damage was noted at this location, 3 outbuildings were destroyed, and an attached garage was destroyed when the overhead door failed and the side wall was blown out. Further east, on 2300th St. and about 1 mile north of 700th Ave, a well-built home had an attached garage destroyed, the front porch roof torn off, and two second story dormers torn off. A final farmstead was damaged near 800th Ave. North and the Effingham/Jasper County line. Two outbuildings on the farm were completely destroyed, and a small combine in one of the buildings was flipped into an adjacent pond. An antenna tower was blown over next to the house and the home sustained siding, roofing and window damage.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindDieterich-Trees and power lines blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDieterich-Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down throughout the town.
February 2026HailDieterich-no account filed
February 2026HailDieterich-no account filed
February 2026HailDieterich-no account filed
February 2026HailDieterich-no account filed
February 2026HailDieterich-no account filed
August 2022HailDieterich-no account filed
June 2018HailDieterich-no account filed
April 2006HailDieterich-no account filed
May 2004HailDieterich-no account filed
May 2004HailDieterich-no account filed
May 2003HailDieterich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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
Evers4.6 miles11
Elliottstown5.7 miles11
Teutopolis6.9 miles11
Montrose7.1 miles11
Winterrowd8.4 miles9
Heartville8.7 miles15
Eberle9.2 miles9
Effingham9.6 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 DieterichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958284The 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 407210. 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.