Disaster Databases
Disaster Losses Databases
Social Vulnerability Databases
Disaster Losses Databases
Databases focused on disaster losses:
ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat)
United States Geological Survey
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) Disaster Information for Member Countries
Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Mining Disasters
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Chemical Spills, Completed and Current Investigations
United States Chemical Safety Board
Consequences DB
Global Earthquake Model’s Earthquake Consequences Database, Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd
Disaster Inventory System (DesInventar)
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Drought Impact Reporter
National Drought Mitigation Center
Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment Reports
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Floods Dartmouth Flood Observatory Database
Dartmouth Flood Observatory, University of Colorado Institution of Artic and Alpine Research
GenDisasters
GenDisasters
Global Historical Tsunami Database
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Global Terrorism Database
University of Maryland National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
Hazus
Federal Emergency Management Agency
InciWeb- Incident Information System
Local Wildfire Agencies including Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center, Southern California Geographical Area Coordination Center, Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, Eastern Area Coordination Center, Great Basin Coordination Center, Northern Rockies Coordination Center, Northwest Area Coordination Center, Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center, Southern Area Coordination Center, Southwest Area Coordination Center
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology Data Management Center (IRIS DMC)
IRIS Consortium
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Statistics
National Interagency Coordination Center
Natural Catastrophe Tool (NatCatSERVICE)
Munich Reinsurance Company
Natural Hazards Assessment Network (NATHAN)
Munich Reinsurance Company
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fatality and Catastrophe Summaries
The Unites States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Our World in Data: Natural Catastrophes
Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, University of Oxford
PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
United Nations Environment Program, GRID-Geneva, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Share of Deaths from Natural Disasters Globally by Type
Statista
SIGMA Explorer
Swiss Reinsurance Institute
Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS)
Arizona State University Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Storm Events Database
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Tornado Project
The Tornado Project
UNISYS Hurricane Data
UNISYS Weather
U.S. Fire Administration Fire Data
U.S. Fire Administration
Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics
National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
World Health Organization Outbreak News
World Health Organization
Social Vulnerability Databases
Databases focused on social vulnerability to hazards and disasters:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services Program
Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJSCREEN)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
National Risk Index
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
OpenQuake Platform
The GEM Foundation, Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and the Willis Research Network
Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)
University of South Carolina, Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
Vulnerable & At-Risk Populations (VARP) Resource Guide
With support from CDC, the North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center (NCPERRC) at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
CONVERGE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Program on Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.