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

Table 1-1. Sources of flood damage estimates.

Source Timespan Spatial Scale Scope
National Weather Service flood damage data sets 1925-present Nation
State
Basin 		Estimates of direct physical damage from significant flooding events that result from rainfall or snowmelt
Insurance records (National Flood Insurance Program, private insurers) 1969-present Nation
Community 		Personal property claims made by individuals holding flood insurance
Disaster assistance records (Federal Emergency Management Agency) 1992-present Nation
State 		Federal and state outlays for public assistance, individual assistance, and temporary housing in presidentially declared disasters
State and local government records Varies State Varies
Newspaper archives Varies Community Varies

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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.
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