Dittmer, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63023. It stands on Wine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Hill quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Cedar Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Cedar Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Cedar Hill quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dittmer between 2011 and 2015, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 November 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 130380-03655-11102015-1328 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dittmer: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandel Ball-Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Morse Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Norman Goad Const Co Pit/Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Des Peres Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kitson Material Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Westlake South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dittmer in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | $5,000 | A tree limb snapped and fell on a home. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | A large tree was blown over on top of an unoccupied SUV near Dittmer. Several large tree limbs were blown down in Cedar Hill. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds caused scattered damage through the northern half of Jefferson County. Several small to medium tree branches were blown down around Dittmer. Several trees were blown down on the north side of Hillsboro. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs onto Township Lane near intersection with Highway 30. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Dittmer | - | A discrete supercell produced pea to quarter sized hail as it weakened over Jefferson County. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in town as well as several power lines. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees along Dittmer-Catawissa Road near Dittmer. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dittmer | - | Hail up to ping pong ball size fell in an area from Dittmer to just north of Cedar Hill. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | A line of severe storms moved through northern Jefferson County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down, especially in Dittmer, High Ridge, Arnold and Pevely. In Arnold, a restaurant sustained roof damage from the winds. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large trees and tree limbs across Jefferson County. Some of the reports came from Dittmer, Cedar Hill, De Soto, Hillsboro, and Festus. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of small trees on Dittmer Ridge Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Dittmer near Highway 30. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dittmer | - | Amateur radio spotters reported hail up to golfball size in Dittmer. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Dittmer | - | The Sheriff's department reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dittmer | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Dittmer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred and One Ranch | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Hill Lakes | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Oermann | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Hill Manor | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Hill | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Local | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Morse Mill | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Byrnesville | 4.7 miles | 23 |
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 Dittmer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471505 | 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 716919. 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.










