FLOOD06680

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Flood Damage in the United States, 1926-2000
• Date: 6/1/2000
• Prepared By: NOAA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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Table 1,1. Sources of flood damage estimates.

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Source Timespan Spatial Scale Scope
National Weather Service flood 1925-present Nation Estimates of direct physical damage from
damage data sets State significant flooding events that result
Basin from rainfall or snowmelt
. 1969-present Nation Personal property claims made by
Insurance records
(National Flood Insurance Community individuals holding flood insurance
Program, private insurers)
Disaster assistance records I 992-present Nation Federal and state outlays for public
(Federal Emergency State assistance, individual assistance, and
Management Agency) temporary housing in presidentially
declared disasters
State and local government Varies State Varies
records
Newspaper archives Varies Community Varies

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