Flood Damage in the United States: Table 5-2

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

Table 5-2. Crosstabulation of flood damage estimates from the NWS and five states. Estimates are in millions of 1995 dollars.

NWS Estimate
State Estimate	Missing	Est < 5 (Low)	5 < Est < 50 (Moderate)	50 < Est < 500 (High)	500 < Est (Major)	Total
Missing	26	48	14	2	1	91 (59%)
Est < 5 (Low)	0	4	2	0	0	6 (4%)
5 < Est < 50 (Moderate)	2	4	13	3	0	22 (14%)
50 < Est < 500 (High)	0	0	5	16	1	22 (14%)
500 < Est (Major)	0	0	0	1	13	14 (9%)
Total	28 (18%)	56 (36%)	34 (22%)	22 (14%)	15 (10%)	155

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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.