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Dederick, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. It stands on West Fork Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dederick quadrangle.

Dederick within Vernon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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.

In the county-history sources

2,117 words on this township

History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Clear Creek Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Clear Creek Township - 2,117 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Dederick between 1999 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 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 burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 2006Natural126 acresMissouri Department of ConservationWEST FORK FIRE
13 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 October 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 October 2020Fireworks1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230942-02004-10172020-1155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vernon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dederick: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quarry and Plant No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ss.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vernon County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dederick in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 15 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2009Thunderstorm WindDederick$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. Additional reports of downed tress and a 100 foot tall amateur radio tower, all laying to the east, occurred east of Dederick. Law enforcement reported minor damage to three homes occurred when trees fell on the homes.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindDederick$20,000Straight line winds associated with a severe thunderstorm caused significant damage to one home. Damage included the loss of an attached porch.
August 2020HailDederick$10,000Tennis ball sized hail was reported in a rural area of the county. A vehicle suffered hail damage.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDederick$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines near Dederick.
April 2026HailDederick-Golf ball size hail was reported in a rural area.
May 2025HailDederick-Report of quarter size hail.
March 2023HailDederick-Quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDederick-An estimated 70 mph wind gust was reported near Sulfur Springs.
October 2011HailDederick-Hail covered the ground.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Dederick-A trained spotter video taped a tornado that impacted sections of rural Vernon County. The tornado damaged several trees and was rated as an EF-0.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDederick-Trees were blown down two miles north of Highway 54.
November 2010HailDederick-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDederick-no account filed
March 2007HailDederick-no account filed
April 2007HailDederick-no account filed
September 2005HailDederick-no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodDederick-no account filed
June 2001HailDederick-no account filed
April 2000HailDederick-no account filed
May 1999HailDederick-no account filed
June 1996HailDederick-no account filed
March 1996HailDederick-no account filed
July 1996HailDederick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vernon 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
Oak Ridge1.1 miles20
Pashaw (historical)2.2 miles19
Greene Springs (historical)3.5 miles20
Handley4.1 miles21
Portia4.5 miles19
Walker6.2 miles21
Harwood7.0 miles21
Sandstone7.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729869. 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.