Flood Damage in the United States: Full Report

Flood Damage in the United States, 1926-2003
A Reanalysis of National Weather Service Estimates

Roger A. Pielke, Jr., Mary W. Downton, and J. Zoe Barnard Miller

June 2002

Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
National Center for Atmospheric Research*
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000

Sponsored by: Office of Global Programs,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

* The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Please cite this publication as follows:

Pielke, Jr., R.A., M.W. Downton, and J.Z. Barnard Miller, 2002: Flood Damage in the United States, 1926-2000: A Reanalysis of National Weather Service Estimates. Boulder, CO: UCAR.

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A report of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Weather Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs, pursuant to NOAA Award No. NA96GP0451 through a cooperative agreement. In partnership between the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.