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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This is 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 A ward No,
NA96GP0451 through a cooperative agreement, The views expressed herein are those of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UCAR, the National Science Foundation,
NOAA, or any of their subagencies,

Please cite this publication as follows:

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

Note: Present affiliation for Roger Pielke, If.: Center for Science and Technology Policy
Research, University of Colorado, 1333 Grandview Ave" Boulder, CO 80309-0488, E-mail:
pielke@cires,colorado,edu

Cover photo credit: East Grand Forks, Minnesota, April 1997: An eerie calm settles on the water
in this East Grand Forks neighborhood, Many homes floated off their foundations, all
received significant damage, Photo by David Saville, Federal Emergency Management
Agency,

Limited copies of this report may be obtained upon request from:

Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
National Center for Atmospheric Research
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Tel: [phone]I17
[e-mail]