Flood Related Deaths, Injuries, and Property Damage
The table below provides data on the impact of floods in the U.S. over the last 100 years. The death and property damage data were taken from NWS Hydrologic Information Center Flood Impacts (2002) data. The flood related injury data was taken from "Trends in Floods" (Myers, undated).
|
Water
Year |
Deaths
|
Injuries
|
Property Damage
(Billion 1997 $) |
|
1903
|
178
|
|
3.43
|
|
1904
|
0
|
|
0.42
|
|
1905
|
2
|
|
0.71
|
|
1906
|
1
|
|
0.03
|
|
1907
|
7
|
|
0.95
|
|
1908
|
11
|
|
0.65
|
|
1909
|
5
|
|
3.31
|
|
1910
|
0
|
|
1.36
|
|
1911
|
0
|
|
0.51
|
|
1912
|
2
|
|
5.23
|
|
1913
|
527
|
|
10.51
|
|
1914
|
180
|
|
1.24
|
|
1915
|
49
|
|
0.93
|
|
1916
|
118
|
|
1.23
|
|
1917
|
80
|
|
1.04
|
|
1918
|
0
|
|
0.26
|
|
1919
|
2
|
|
0.10
|
|
1920
|
42
|
|
0.61
|
|
1921
|
143
|
|
0.87
|
|
1922
|
215
|
|
1.84
|
|
1923
|
42
|
|
1.52
|
|
1924
|
27
|
|
0.48
|
|
1925
|
36
|
|
0.29
|
|
1926
|
16
|
|
0.69
|
|
1927
|
423
|
|
10.35
|
|
1928
|
15
|
|
1.32
|
|
1929
|
89
|
|
2.02
|
|
1930
|
14
|
|
0.48
|
|
1931
|
0
|
|
0.10
|
|
1932
|
11
|
|
0.40
|
|
1933
|
33
|
|
1.32
|
|
1934
|
88
|
|
0.32
|
|
1935
|
236
|
|
3.98
|
|
1936
|
142
|
|
8.41
|
|
1937
|
142
|
|
11.50
|
|
1938
|
180
|
|
2.63
|
|
1939
|
83
|
|
0.36
|
|
1940
|
60
|
|
1.03
|
|
1941
|
47
|
|
0.94
|
|
1942
|
68
|
|
2.19
|
|
1943
|
107
|
|
4.23
|
|
1944
|
33
|
|
2.07
|
|
1945
|
91
|
|
3.30
|
|
1946
|
28
|
|
1.77
|
|
1947
|
55
|
|
4.05
|
|
1948
|
82
|
|
3.06
|
|
1949
|
48
|
|
1.21
|
|
1950
|
93
|
|
2.12
|
|
1951
|
51
|
|
11.49
|
|
1952
|
54
|
|
2.74
|
|
1953
|
40
|
|
1.25
|
|
1954
|
55
|
|
1.05
|
|
1955
|
302
|
|
9.25
|
|
1956
|
42
|
|
0.57
|
|
1957
|
82
|
|
3.05
|
|
1958
|
47
|
|
1.76
|
|
1959
|
25
|
|
1.09
|
|
1960
|
32
|
|
0.69
|
|
1961
|
52
|
|
1.12
|
|
1962
|
19
|
|
0.53
|
|
1963
|
39
|
|
1.21
|
|
1964
|
100
|
|
4.27
|
|
1965
|
119
|
|
4.98
|
|
1966
|
31
|
|
0.70
|
|
1967
|
34
|
|
2.14
|
|
1968
|
31
|
|
1.80
|
|
1969
|
297
|
|
4.36
|
|
1970
|
135
|
|
1.00
|
|
1971
|
74
|
|
1.12
|
|
1972
|
554
|
|
15.62
|
|
1973
|
148
|
|
6.13
|
|
1974
|
121
|
|
1.75
|
|
1975
|
107
|
40
|
3.81
|
|
1976
|
193
|
289
|
7.66
|
|
1977
|
210
|
89
|
3.10
|
|
1978
|
143
|
339
|
1.55
|
|
1979
|
121
|
155
|
7.15
|
|
1980
|
82
|
84
|
2.84
|
|
1981
|
84
|
188
|
1.74
|
|
1982
|
155
|
1,519
|
4.01
|
|
1983
|
200
|
78
|
6.03
|
|
1984
|
125
|
415
|
5.55
|
|
1985
|
70
|
87
|
0.73
|
|
1986
|
208
|
136
|
8.57
|
|
1987
|
88
|
209
|
2.01
|
|
1988
|
37
|
41
|
0.31
|
|
1989
|
70
|
12
|
1.44
|
|
1990
|
125
|
43
|
2.12
|
|
1991
|
63
|
43
|
2.16
|
|
1992
|
50
|
28
|
0.94
|
|
1993
|
109
|
37
|
19.45
|
|
1994
|
70
|
38
|
1.29
|
|
1995
|
103
|
|
5.73
|
|
1996
|
131
|
|
6.71
|
|
1997
|
98
|
|
9.16
|
|
1998
|
136
|
|
2.58
|
|
1999
|
77
|
|
5.46
|
| Average |
95
|
193
|
3.08
|