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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Top States in Events and Losses by Individual Hazard." Susan L. Cutter. 2001. American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. doi: 10.17226/10132.

APPENDIX B Top States in Events and Losses by Individual Hazard

TABLE B-1 Flood Deaths and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Texas	442	Texas	10,289.3
Pennsylvania	155	Louisiana	9,171.9
California	154	Iowa	9,074.1
Colorado	153	Missouri	6,355.2
Missouri	113	California	6,355.2
U.S. average	49.9	U.S. average	2,117.4

TABLE B-2 Tornado Events, Deaths, and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Events	State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Texas	3,510	Texas	246	Texas	3,645.7
Florida	1,498	Alabama	139	Arkansas	2,047.0
Oklahoma	1,195	Arkansas	110	Missouri	1,943.6
Kansas	1,119	Florida	78	Iowa	1,894.0
Nebraska	1,104	Mississippi	77	Florida	1,744.6
U.S. average	448.2	U.S. average	26.9	U.S. average	732.5

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TABLE B-3 Hail Events and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Events	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Texas	17,439	Texas	1,220.7
Oklahoma	12,572	Nebraska	901.8
Kansas	9,488	Kansas	405.8
Nebraska	5,151	Colorado	371.5
Missouri	4,166	Oklahoma	297.6
U.S. average	2,064.9	U.S. average	97.3

TABLE B-4 Thunderstorm Wind Events, Deaths, and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Events	State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Texas	10,844	Michigan	42	Texas	534.4
Oklahoma	6,644	Texas	38	Michigan	424.3
Ohio	5,525	Ohio	33	New York	340.3
Georgia	5,481	Louisiana	29	Iowa	249.8
Kansas	5,348	New York	29	Minnesota	212.9
U.S. average	2,533.3	U.S. average	9.4	U.S. average	80.1

TABLE B-5 Lightning Events and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Fatalities	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Florida	205	Oregon	54.8
Texas	90	Texas	38.7
North Carolina	77	Wisconsin	29.5
Colorado	72	Pennsylvania	28.4
Ohio	66	New York	27.3
U.S. average	33.3	U.S. average	12.1

TABLE B-6 Wildfire Damages, 1975-1998

State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
California	826.8
Florida	387.4
New Mexico	113.7
Washington	96.2
Idaho	66.8
U.S. average	30.6

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TABLE B-7 Extreme Heat Fatalities and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Tennessee	153	Alabama	447.1
Alabama	125	Tennessee	184.3
Georgia	121	Georgia	176.6
Kentucky	42	Texas	102.0
Missouri	33	Ohio	89.7
U.S. average	11.3	U.S. average	21.0

TABLE B-8 Damage Totals for Drought Events, 1975-1998

State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Iowa	3,379.0
Texas	2,680.0
Wisconsin	1,818.3
North Dakota	1,354.8
Arkansas	1,119.8
U.S. average	293.9

TABLE B-9 Winter Storm Deaths and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
New York	204	Alabama	5,805.7
California	75	Mississippi	5,648.7
Virginia	51	New York	2,203.1
Maryland	50	Iowa	592.5
South Carolina	43	Nebraska	522.0
U.S. average	21.0	U.S. average	398.6

TABLE B-10 Cold Weather Deaths and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
South Carolina	48	California	757.6
Ohio	30	Florida	565.3
North Carolina	22	Iowa	323.8
Louisiana	20	South Carolina	222.5
Indiana	18	Texas	187.3
U.S. average	4.6	U.S. average	57.0

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TABLE B-11 Hurricane and Tropical Storm Events, Deaths, and Damages, 1975-1998^a

State	No. of Events	State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Florida	32	Florida	36	Florida	28,570.2
North Carolina	24	Texas	30	South Carolina	9,588.3
Georgia	21	North Carolina	25	Texas	3,634.9
South Carolina	17	Louisiana	14	Alabama	2,791.0
Texas	16	South Carolina	13	Mississippi	2,736.8
U.S. average	1.4	U.S. average	7.9	U.S. average	1,514.4
^aTropical storm (or hurricane) tracks as defined and maintained by the National Hurricane Center. One storm track may have affected multiple states. If a track crossed a state boundary, it was counted as an “event” for every state it crossed.

TABLE B-12 Earthquake Events, Deaths, and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Events (epicenters)	State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
California	680,874	California	141	California	31,378.2
Nevada	23,809	Idaho	4	Idaho	49.0
Washington	21,982	Hawaii	2	Hawaii	23.5
Alaska	10,089	Oregon	2	Kentucky	2.0
Utah	8,839			Alaska	1.7

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TABLE B-13 Selected Volcanoes, Eruption History, Deaths, and Damages

Volcano	No. of Eruptions During Past 200 Years	Last Eruption	No. of Deaths/ Injuries	Damages
Kilauea, Hawaii	47	1983-	80 (1790)	$12 million (1990)
Mauna Loa, Hawaii	30	1984
Hualalai, Hawaii	1	1800-1801
Mt. Baker, Washington	1	1870
Mt. Rainier, Washington	1	1882
Mt. St. Helens, Washington	2-3	1980-86	57	> $1 billion
Mt. Jefferson, Washington	0	50,000 BP
Three Sisters, Oregon	0	950
Crater Lake, Oregon	0	4,000 BP
Mt. Shasta, California	1	1786
Lassen Peak, California	1	1921
Clear Lake, California	0	Unknown
Long Valley Caldera, California	3	1850
San Francisco Field, Arizona	2	1065-1180
Bandera Field, New Mexico	1	1000
Craters of the Moon, Idaho	1	2,100 BP
Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho	0	70,000 BP
Wrangell, Alaska	1	1902
Redoubt Volcano, Alaska million	4	Ongoing		$160 (1989-1990)
Mt. Emmons-Pavlof Volcano, Alaska	40	1996-97
Kiska Volcano, Alaska	7	1990
Pyre Peak (Seguam), Alaska	5	1993
Mt. Cleveland, Alaska	10	1994	1 (1944)
Sources: FEMA 1997, http://volcano.und.nodak.edu, http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov, http://www.avo.alaska.edu, http://www.fema.gov.

TABLE B-14 Hazardous Materials Accidents, Deaths, and Damages, 1975-1998

State	No. of Spills	State	No. of Deaths	State	Damages (millions, adjusted to U.S. $1999)
Pennsylvania	21,682	Florida	136	California	64.6
Ohio	19,577	Wisconsin	64	Texas	63.2
Illinois	16,810	Texas	46	Pennsylvania	45.8
California	16,184	Tennessee	36	Florida	31.8
Texas	15,883	California	23	Montana	29.0
U.S. average	5,187.7	U.S. average	11.6	U.S. average	15.5

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TABLE B-15 Relative Hazardousness Associated with Nuclear Power Plants Based on SALP Reports, 1988-1998

State	No. of Facilities	SALP Score
Washington	1	8.58
New York	5	8.05
Illinois	7	7.66
Arizona	1	7.51
Michigan	4	7.46
Kansas	1	7.34
Maryland	1	7.28
Nebraska	2	7.27
North Carolina	2	7.12
New Jersey	3	7.06

TABLE B-16 Toxic Release Inventory Emissions, 1998

State	No. of TRI Facilities	State	Millions of Pounds Released
Ohio	1,682	Nevada	1,217.6
California	1,499	Arizona	1,068.6
Pennsylvania	1,389	Utah	573.0
Texas	1,381	Alaska	307.0
Illinois	1,344	Texas	288.0
U.S. average	466.2	U.S. total	7,300.0

TABLE B-17 Number of National Priority List Hazardous Waste Sites, 1998

State	No. of Sites
New Jersey	113
Pennsylvania	96
California	93
New York	86
Michigan	68
U.S. average	24.9

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