SHELDUS | Products

  1. Yearly Summary of U.S. Hazard Losses

  2. Summary & Maps of Hazard Losses by State

  3. Mapping SHELDUS (download .shp)

  4. Maps of Total Crop and Property Damages per capita (1960 - 06/2003)

  5. Maps of Total Crop and Property Damages per square mile (1960 - 06/2003)

  6. FIPS Code Information

 

1. U.S. Hazard Losses

The yearly summary of U.S. HAZARD LOSSES shows the spatial and temporal distribution of losses. It includes a cumulative timeline for losses since 1960, highlights the 15 most costly years in US disaster history, identifies the most destructive hazard types, and more.

Available yearly summaries (in pdf format):   2005     -     2004 

 

 

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2. Summary & Maps of Hazard Losses by State

Here you can find ready-made information on losses by state and graphical products such as maps and pie charts. All losses are adjusted to $2005 millions.

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3. Mapping SHELDUS data

Please download .shp files (for ArcView, ArcGIS) that represent counties and their FIPS codes at 5 different times:  1960 , 1970 , 1980 , 1990 , and 2000 .

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4. Map of Total Losses per capita (1960 - 06/2004)

To view the maps, click on the appropriate image and then expand it to regular size. Wait for the icon to appear in the bottom right corner. Or download the maps as pdf file:





Losses per capita (Quintiles)

Losses per capita (Standard Deviations)

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5. Maps of Losses per square mile (1960 - 06/2004)

To view the maps, click on the appropriate image and then expand it to regular size. Wait for the icon to appear in the bottom right corner. Or download the maps as pdf file:





Losses per square mile (Quintiles)

Losses per square mile (Standard Deviations)

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6. FIPS Code Information

1960-1969 (FIPS codes as of 1960)

1970-1979 (FIPS codes as of 1970)

1980-1989 (FIPS codes as of 1980)

1990-1999 (FIPS codes as of 1990)

2000-2009 (FIPS codes as of 2000)

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Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
Department of Geography
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Phone: 803.777.1699
Fax: 803.777.4972
email: scutter@sc.edu

Page last updated: 14 December 2007
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University of South Carolina