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.
Population over time
2 figuresDieterich 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 617 | |
| 2020 | 890 | +273 (+44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Teutopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dieterich quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Dieterich quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
29 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $100,000 | Two 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $85,000 | Numerous 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $75,000 | Shingles were blown off several houses. A large tree was blown down and two empty semis were tipped over. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dieterich | $60,000 | Several 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $45,000 | A grain bin was toppled over onto another grain bin. A storage building lost its roof and numerous trees were blown down. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $40,000 | Part of the roof was blown off a church north of Dieterich. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $40,000 | The 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $30,000 | A few trees were blown onto houses and power lines were knocked down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $12,000 | A semi truck was blown over on Route 33 near Dieterich. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $5,000 | A shed was damaged in Dietrich. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | $2,000 | A large portion of a tree was blown down in Dieterich. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | - | A couple outbuildings were destroyed. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | - | A large tree was blown over. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Dieterich | - | Water was flowing across many roads in the town of Dietrich. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | - | A power pole was snapped. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | - | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dieterich | - | Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down throughout the town. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dieterich | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Dieterich | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evers | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Elliottstown | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Teutopolis | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Montrose | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Winterrowd | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Heartville | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Eberle | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Effingham | 9.6 miles | 15 |
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 Dieterich | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958284 | 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 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.





