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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.

Dittmer within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined3

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
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 November 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation130380-03655-11102015-1328

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mandel Ball-Clay PitClayPast Producer
Morse MineLeadPast Producer
Norman Goad Const Co Pit/PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Des Peres QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kitson Material Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Westlake South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDittmer$5,000A tree limb snapped and fell on a home.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDittmer-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 2023Thunderstorm WindDittmer-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 2023Thunderstorm WindDittmer-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs onto Township Lane near intersection with Highway 30.
September 2023HailDittmer-A discrete supercell produced pea to quarter sized hail as it weakened over Jefferson County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDittmer-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in town as well as several power lines.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDittmer-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees along Dittmer-Catawissa Road near Dittmer.
April 2016HailDittmer-Hail up to ping pong ball size fell in an area from Dittmer to just north of Cedar Hill.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDittmer-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 2015Thunderstorm WindDittmer-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 2014Thunderstorm WindDittmer-Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of small trees on Dittmer Ridge Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDittmer-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Dittmer near Highway 30.
May 2005HailDittmer-Amateur radio spotters reported hail up to golfball size in Dittmer.
September 2001HailDittmer-The Sheriff's department reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2026HailDittmer-no account filed
May 2022HailDittmer-no account filed
April 2015HailDittmer-no account filed
April 2015HailDittmer-no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindDittmer-no account filed
September 2006HailDittmer-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDittmer-no account filed
April 1996HailDittmer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
One Hundred and One Ranch1.6 miles22
Cedar Hill Lakes1.7 miles22
Oermann2.7 miles22
Cedar Hill Manor2.8 miles22
Cedar Hill2.8 miles22
Local4.3 miles21
Morse Mill4.5 miles22
Byrnesville4.7 miles23

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 DittmerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471505The 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.