Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Atlas of the United States Publication_Date: 200411 Title: Spatial Hazard Events and Losses for the United States, 1995-2000 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: National Atlas of the United States Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: This data set is a subset of the Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS Version 2.0) that was compiled by the University of South Carolina. It portrays county-level hazard data for the United States, for the years 1995 to 2000. Included is information for 16 different natural hazard event types, as well as the total cost of damage due to natural hazards. The event types included are avalanches, coastal events, drought, flooding, fog, hail, heat, hurricanes/tropical storms, landslides, lightning, severe storms/thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis/seiches, wildfires, wind, and winter weather. For each event type, information is reported on property losses, crop losses, injuries, and fatalities in each county. The hazards information was derived from several existing national data sources such as the National Climatic Data Center's (NCDC) monthly Storm Data publications and the National Geophysical Data Center's Tsunami Event Database. Included are those events that generated more than $50,000 in damages, and events that are reported in NCDC's Storm Data with a specific damage amount. This is an update of the August, 2004, data set. A field containing information on property damage per square mile has been added to the total damages file. Purpose: These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data. Supplemental_Information: To create maps that are similar to the maps in the National Atlas , the database files can be joined to the 1990 county boundaries available from the National Atlas download page, . The Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS) was compiled and geo-referenced by the Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina. The database was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the University of South Carolina's Office of the Vice President for Research. For more information see . SHELDUS was compiled from the following sources: Data for avalanches, coastal events, droughts, flooding, fog, heat, landslides, lightning, severe storms/thunderstorms, and winter weather were compiled from: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena" . All natural hazard events with a unique dollar amount in losses (1995-2000) were manually entered into the database. Data for hail and wind were compiled from: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena"" . All natural hazard events with a unique dollar amount in losses (1995-2000) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK (1960-1995) at . Data for hurricanes/tropical storms were compiled from: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena" . All natural hazard events with a unique dollar amount in losses (1995-2000) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the National Hurricane Center at and "Monthly Weather Review". Data for tornadoes were compiled from: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena" . All natural hazard events with a unique dollar amount in losses (2000) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK (1960-1995) at . Data for tsunamis/seiches were compiled from: National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, "Tsunami Event Database" . Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1960-2000) was manually entered into the database. Data for wildfires were compiled from: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena" . All natural hazard events with a unique dollar amount in losses (1995-2000) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary data was received from The U.S. Fire Administration at . The data set of Spatial Hazard Events and Losses for the United States, 1995-2000 consists of 17 database files that are distributed together. There are 16 hazard event type files, described by shelYYt.dbf where YY is the type of hazard, listed below. Shelsmt.dbf describes total hazard damages for each county for the subject time period. Each file contains records only for the counties affected by the event type. >shelYYt YY Hazard Event >--------------------------------------- >shel01t 1 Avalanche >shel02t 2 Coastal >shel03t 3 Drought >shel05t 5 Flooding >shel06t 6 Fog >shel07t 7 Hail >shel08t 8 Heat >shel09t 9 Hurricane/Tropical Storm >shel10t 10 Landslide >shel11t 11 Lightning >shel12t 12 Severe Storm/Thunderstorm >shel13t 13 Tornado >shel14t 14 Tsunami/Seiche >shel16t 16 Wildfire >shel17t 17 Wind >shel18t 18 Winter Weather >shelsmt Total damages for each county Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1995 Ending_Date: 2000 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 170 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Hazard Events Theme_Keyword: Natural Hazards Theme_Keyword: Disasters Theme_Keyword: Avalanches Theme_Keyword: Coastal events Theme_Keyword: Drought Theme_Keyword: Flooding Theme_Keyword: Fog Theme_Keyword: Hail Theme_Keyword: Heat Theme_Keyword: Hurricanes Theme_Keyword: Tropical Storms Theme_Keyword: Landslides Theme_Keyword: Lightning Theme_Keyword: Severe Storms Theme_Keyword: Thunder Storms Theme_Keyword: Tornadoes Theme_Keyword: Tsunamis Theme_Keyword: Seiches Theme_Keyword: Wildfires Theme_Keyword: Wind Theme_Keyword: Winter Weather Theme_Keyword: Property losses Theme_Keyword: Property damage Theme_Keyword: Crop losses Theme_Keyword: Crop damage Theme_Keyword: Injuries Theme_Keyword: Fatalities Theme_Keyword: Deaths Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: USA Place_Keyword: United States Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Place_Keyword: Alabama Place_Keyword: Alaska Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: Arkansas Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: Delaware Place_Keyword: District of Columbia Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Hawaii Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Illinois Place_Keyword: Indiana Place_Keyword: Iowa Place_Keyword: Kansas Place_Keyword: Kentucky Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Michigan Place_Keyword: Minnesota Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: Missouri Place_Keyword: Montana Place_Keyword: Nebraska Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: North Dakota Place_Keyword: Ohio Place_Keyword: Oklahoma Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: South Carolina Place_Keyword: South Dakota Place_Keyword: Tennessee Place_Keyword: Texas Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Vermont Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: West Virginia Place_Keyword: Wisconsin Place_Keyword: Wyoming Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina and (or) the National Atlas of the United States would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gita Urban-Mathieux Contact_Organization: National Atlas of the United States Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr Address: MS 561 City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5175 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No checks for logical consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: This data set includes county-level hazard data for the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. It covers the period from 1995 to 2000. For events that covered multiple counties, the dollar losses, fatalities, and injuries were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the dollar loss, 1/4 of the injuries, and 1/4 of the deaths.) Where dollar loss estimates were provided in ranges (e.g. $50,000 - 100,000) the lowest value in the range was used. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Hazard Research Lab, University of South Carolina Publication_Date: 200403 Title: SHELDUS Version 2.0 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Columbia, SC Publisher: Hazard Research Lab, University of South Carolina Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1995 Ending_Date: 2000 Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SHELDUS database Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Atlas of the United States Publication_Date: 200408 Title: Spatial Hazard Events and Losses for the United States, 1995-2000 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: National Atlas of the United States Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000 Type_of_Source_Media: Online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200409 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-HazardEvents Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Atlas of the United States Publication_Date: 200411 Title: 1990 County Boundaries of the United States Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: National Atlas of the United States Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000 Type_of_Source_Media: Online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200411 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-1990CNTY Source_Contribution: Attribute information Process_Step: Process_Description: A subset of the SHELDUS database, containing data for 1995-2000 only, was provided on CD-ROM and was loaded in ArcView. Data for each event type was extracted from the file and copied into a new event table. No earthquake or volcano events are listed in the SHELDUS database for the years 1995-2000, so no tables were created for those event types. To create the final event tables, the records for each county were combined and the property damages, crop damages, fatalities, and injuries for the county were summed. The tables contain one record for each county that experienced at least one instance of the event type during the years 1995-2000. Counties that did not experience any instances of the event type are not included. Because a single event may be included as more than one event type, the damage, injuries, and fatalities for that event may be double counted. For example, Terry, Texas (Hazard ID=50646 in the source database) reported both severe storm/thunder storm and wind events. When the property damages, crop damages, fatalities, and injuries values are summed, the values for all event types are included even though in some cases two values may represent the same event. To create the total damage table, the SHELDUS database records for each county were combined and the fields for property damages, crop damages, fatalities, and injuries were summed. The county name, State abbreviation, and State FIPS codes were added to each of the 17 database files. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SHELDUS Process_Date: 200407 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-HazardEvents Process_Step: Process_Description: A field containing property damage per square mile was added to the total damages table, shelsmt.dbf. The square mile information came from ATLAS-1990CNTY. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-HazardEvents Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-1990CNTY Process_Date: 200411 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas (FIPS 6-4): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Hazard event statistics for 1995-2000. Entity_Type_Definition: Natural hazard event statistics by county, for hazards that occurred during the years 1995 to 2000. Each hazard is described by shelYYt.dbf where YY is the type of hazard, listed below. Shelsmt.dbf describes total hazard damages for each county for the subject time period. Each file contains records only for the counties affected by the event type. > >shelYYt YY Hazard Event Number of counties affected >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >shel01t 1 Avalanche 60 >shel02t 2 Coastal 129 >shel03t 3 Drought 927 >shel05t 5 Flooding 2387 >shel06t 6 Fog 90 >shel07t 7 Hail 1702 >shel08t 8 Heat 1039 >shel09t 9 Hurricane/Tropical Storm 357 >shel10t 10 Landslide 9 >shel11t 11 Lightning 1483 >shel12t 12 Severe Storm/Thunderstorm 2648 >shel13t 13 Tornado 2189 >shel14t 14 Tsunami/Seiche 3 >shel16t 16 Wildfire 194 >shel17t 17 Wind 3030 >shel18t 18 Winter Weather 2461 >shelsmt Total damages for each county 3124 > Entity_Type_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute: Attribute_Label: State Attribute_Definition: The two-character abbreviation for the name of the State or State equivalent in which the county is located. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas; (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Attribute: Attribute_Label: County Attribute_Definition: The name of the county or county equivalent. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas; FIPS 6-4: Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Attribute: Attribute_Label: Fips Attribute_Definition: The 5-digit FIPS code of the county or county equivalent. Codes ending in 000 indicate water areas for which a county designation is not reported. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas; FIPS 6-4: Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Attribute: Attribute_Label: State_fips Attribute_Definition: The 2-digit FIPS code of the State or State equivalent. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas; FIPS 5-2: Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Attribute: Attribute_Label: Count Attribute_Definition: The total number of occurrences of the hazard event type, for the county. This field is not in the total damages table, shelsmt.dbf. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 238 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sum_fatali Attribute_Definition: The total number of fatalities related to the hazard event type and officially reported for the county. An individual fatality may be reported in more than one event table and may therefore be double counted in the total damages table. (e.g. Terry, Texas reported both severe storm/thunder storm and wind events. When the values for the county are summed it is not possible to identify the damages, fatalities, and injuries associated with a particular event in the individual tables.) In the total damages table, Sum_fatali is the total number of fatalities from all hazard events in the county. For events that covered multiple counties, the fatalities were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the fatalities). A zero value indicates that there were no official reports of fatalities. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 348.85 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sum_injuri Attribute_Definition: The total number of injuries related to the hazard event type and officially reported for the county. An individual injury may be reported in more than one event table and may therefore be double counted in the total damages table. (e.g. Terry, Texas reported both severe storm/thunder storm and wind events. When the values for the county are summed it is not possible to identify the damages, fatalities, and injuries associated with a particular event in the individual tables.) In the total damages table, Sum_injuri is the total number of injuries from all hazard events in the county. For events that covered multiple counties, the injuries were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the injuries). A zero value indicates that there were no official reports of injuries. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 50000.4 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sum_proper Attribute_Definition: The estimated total U.S. dollar cost of property damage related to the event type and reported for the county. The estimates are very conservative should be interpreted as minimum damages. Property damage may be reported in more than one event table and may therefore be double counted in the total damages table. (e.g. Terry, Texas reported both severe storm/thunder storm and wind events. When the values for the county are summed it is not possible to identify the damages, fatalities, and injuries associated with a particular event in the individual tables.) In the total damages table, Sum_proper is the total estimated property damage, in U.S. dollars, from all hazard events in the county. For events that covered multiple counties, the property damages were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the property damage). A zero value indicates that there were no official reports of property damage. The values have not been adjusted for inflation. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 3038854431.5210 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sum_crop_d Attribute_Definition: The estimated total U.S. dollar cost of crop damage related to the event type and reported for the county. The estimates are very conservative should be interpreted as minimum damages. Crop damage may be reported in more than one event table and may therefore be double counted in the total damages table. (e.g. Terry, Texas reported both severe storm/thunder storm and wind events. When the values for the county are summed it is not possible to identify the damages, fatalities, and injuries associated with a particular event in the individual tables.) In the total damages table, Sum_crop_d is the total estimated crop damage, in U.S. dollars, from all hazard events in the county. For events that covered multiple counties, the crop damages were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the crop damage). A zero value indicates that there were no official reports of crop damage. The values have not been adjusted for inflation. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 641616666.6729 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pd_sqmile Attribute_Definition: The estimated total U.S. dollar cost of property damage per square mile. This field only exists in the total damages table, shelsmt.dbf. The total estimated property damage is in U.S. dollars and is for all hazard events in the county. The estimates are very conservative should be interpreted as minimum damages. For events that covered multiple counties, the property damages were equally divided among the counties (e.g. if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the property damage). A zero value indicates that there were no official reports of property damage. The values have not been adjusted for inflation. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0000 Range_Domain_Maximum: 13903472.5067 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing address Address: 507 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747) Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920 Contact_Instructions: In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country. A full list of these offices is at . Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: dBASE IV file Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: Fees: There is no charge for the data set. 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