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DEADLIEST AMERICAN DISASTERS AND LARGE LOSS-OF-LIFE EVENTS A Catalog of, and Notes on, Natural and Man-Made Events Causing Ten or More Fatalities in America/The United States and its Territories Since 1492 Homepage: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/ STATE Breakout Alphabetically Arranged (All States, the District of Columbia, and Territories) B. Wayne Blanchard, PhD Blue Ridge Summit, PA Copyright August 2017 Feb 18, 2018 Go to Homepage to access: Chronology of Events. Event Typology (e.g. aviation, epidemics, explosions, fires heat, mining, hurricanes, violence). Rank-Ordering within Types by State. Spreadsheet. 1 1. Alabama 167 Alphabetical Order 2. Alaska 87 3. Arizona 99 4. Arkansas 141 5. California 425 6. Colorado 110 7. Connecticut 82 8. Delaware 30 9. District of Columbia 25 10. Florida 194 11. Georgia 146 12. Hawaii 55 13. Idaho 28 14. Illinois 274 15. Indiana 150 16. Iowa 74 17. Kansas 70 18. Kentucky 117 19. Louisiana 247 20. Maine 54 21. Maryland 94 22. Massachusetts 354 23. Michigan 179 24. Minnesota 65 25. Mississippi 166 26. Missouri 196 27. Montana 38 28. Nebraska 51 29. Nevada 46 30. New Hampshire 42 31. New Jersey 205 32. New Mexico 64 33. New York 512 34. North Carolina 151 35. North Dakota 17 36. Ohio 228 37. Oklahoma 129 38. Oregon 81 39. Pennsylvania 420 Puerto Rico 19 40. Rhode Island 40 41. South Carolina 112 42. South Dakota 28 43. Tennessee 135 44. Texas 328 45. Utah 43 46. Vermont 31 47. Virginia 155 48. Washington 98 49. West Virginia 126 50. Wisconsin 88 51. Wyoming 32 2 1. New York 512 Deadliest State Listing by Incidence Rate–High to Low 2. California 425 3. Pennsylvania 420 4. Massachusetts 354 5. Texas 328 6. Illinois 274 7. Louisiana 247 8. Ohio 228 9. New Jersey 205 10. Missouri 196 11. Florida 194 12. Michigan 179 13. Alabama 167 14. Mississippi 166 15. Virginia 155 16. North Carolina 151 17. Indiana 150 18. Georgia 146 19. Arkansas 141 20. Tennessee 135 21. Oklahoma 129 22. West Virginia 126 23. Kentucky 117 24. South Carolina 112 25. Colorado 110 26. Arizona 99 27. Washington 98 28. Maryland 94 29. Wisconsin 88 30. Alaska 87 31. Connecticut 82 32. Oregon 81 33. Iowa 74 34. Kansas 70 35. Minnesota 65 36. New Mexico 64 37. Hawaii 55 38. Maine 54 39. Nebraska 51 40. Nevada 46 41. Utah 43 42. New Hampshire 42 43. Rhode Island 40 44. Montana 38 45. Wyoming 32 46. Vermont 31 47. Delaware 30 48. Idaho 28 49. South Dakota 28 50. District of Columbia 25 Puerto Rico 19 51. North Dakota 17 3 Color Key Avalanche/Snowslide Aviation Carbon Monoxide/Gasoline Fumes Poisoning Disease (Communicable) Drownings Dust Storms Earthquakes Environmental (Smog) Explosions Fire, Structural Fire, Wildfires, Forest, Prairie Fires Flooding Heat Wave Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Landslides, Mudslides, Debris Flows Lightning Maritime and Inland Waterways. Mining Rail Starvation/Famine Structural Failure Tainted Medications Tornadoes Tsunami Vehicular -- Road/Highway Violence Volcano eruption Wind Storms/Severe Thunderstorms Wood Alcohol Poisoning Winter Weather, Snow and Cold 4 AL Alabama 1. 1540 – Oct 18, Spanish (de Soto) battle/massacre, with Atahachi, Mabila, AL --2,500-6,000 2. 1813 – Aug 30, Creeks Massacre militia/settlers, Fort Mims, Baldwin County, AL –250-517 3. 1813 – Sep 1, Creek Indians Massacre two families in Clarke County, AL -- 12 4. 1813 – Nov 3, Tallushatchee Battle /Massacre, Gen. Coffee destroys Creek Vil., AL-- 300 5. 1813 – Nov 18, Hillabee Massacre, US Troops attack Creek Vil. Suing for peace, AL-- 61 6. 1819 – July 27-28, Bay St. Louis Hurricane, Mobile AL (also LA and MS) --43-200 7. 1819 – Aug 15-Nov 30, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 274 8. 1825 – July-Oct, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- >55 9. 1829 – Fall, 1st case Aug 14, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 130 10. 1836 – Mar 12-13, Steamboat Ben Franklin Boiler Explosion, Mobile, AL --11-30 11. 1837 – Sep 20-Nov 30, Yellow Fev., Mobile; also Creeks at Mobile Pt., Pass Christ. 230-350 12. 1839 – Aug 11-Oct 20, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 650 13. 1842 – Feb 25, Steamboat North Star Boiler Explosion & Fire, Tuscaloosa, AL --15-16 14. 1842 – Aug 20 start, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL --60-70 15. 1843 – Aug 18-Nov 5, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL 240-750 16. 1844 – Aug 14 start, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 40 17. 1847 – Jan 29, Steamer Tuscaloosa, Boiler Explosion, 10M from Mobile, AL -- 11 18. 1847 – Aug 02, start, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 78 19. 1848 – May 27, Steamboat H. Kenney Boiler Explosion, Tombigbee River, AL -- 8-50 20. 1848 – Aug 18, 1st case, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL --24-76 21. 1849 – Sum-Wtr., Cholera Epidemic, especially Mobile, AL -- 150 22. 1849 – Yellow Fever, Mobile, AL --21-50 23. 1850 – Mar 4, Steamer Orline St. John Burns, AL Riv. ~Bridgeport Landing, AL --30-70 24. 1850 – Nov 21, 25 or 26, Steamer Antoinette Douglas Boiler Explos., AL Riv., AL -- 9-30 25. 1851 – Feb? Cholera, Steamer Arkansas, Tallapoosa River, Mobile to Wetumpka, AL-- 52 26. 1853 – July 13-Dec 16, Yellow Fever, Dog River, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, AL --1,291 27. 1855 – Yellow Fever, Montgomery, AL -- 30 28. 1858 – Mar 1, Steamer Eliza Battle Fire/Explosion, Kemp’s Landing ~Demopolis AL--29-90 29. 1858 – Aug, 1st case, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Mobile, AL -- 70 30. 1860 – Typhoid Fever (AL subset of 19,236 deaths in 38 “registration” States and DC)1--836 31. 1860 – Sep 17-18, Storm, R. H. Dixie wrecked, Bay of Mobile, off AL -- 16 32. 1860 – Nov 3, Steam Towboat Baltic Explosion, Mobile, AL -- 20 33. 1865 – Smallpox, Mobile, AL2 -- 100 34. 1865 – May 25, Mobile Magazine Explosion, Mobile AL -- 300 35. 1867 – Nov 17, Steamboat Onward burns, Alabama River, Bells Ledge, AL -- 11 36. 1868 – May 5, Tornadoes, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Talladega Counties, AL -- 12 37. 1870 – Measles (AL subset of 9,237 measles deaths nationwide)3 -- 403 38. 1870 -- ~Aug-Oct, Yellow Fever, Mobile, AL -- 100 39. 1871 – Aug 27, Steamboat Ocean Wave Boiler Explos., Point Clear ~Mobile, AL --34-75 40. 1873 – June-Aug, Cholera Epidemic, especially Birmingham and Huntsville, AL4 -- 194 1 Was the second leading reported cause of death in the State in 1860, behind pneumonia. 2 There was also smallpox in Montgomery, but do not know the fatalities. 3 In terms of largest loss of life per state AL was 7th behind NY/1073, MO/860, IL/702, OH/621, PA/554, VA/407. 4 Became epidemic late June – about half the 4,000 residents of Birmingham fled the area; economy devastated. 5 Alabama (continued) 41. 1873 – Aug 22-Nov 19, Yellow Fever epidemic, Montgomery, also Mobile5 --151-159 42. 1874 – Nov 22, Tornadoes, Colbert, Lauderdale, Shelby Counties, AL --12-16 43. 1875 – May 1, Tornadoes (2) AL -- 37 44. 1878 – Aug-Nov 10, Yellow Fever, esp. Decatur, Florence, Mobile, and Tuscumbia -- 250 45. 1879 – June-May 1880, “Malarial Fever,” (AL subset, 20,231 such deaths in U.S.)6 --1,232 46. 1883 – Sep 12-Nov 6, Yellow Fever Outbreak, Brewton, AL -- 28 47. 1884 – Feb 19, Tornadoes, especially Jefferson, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair Counties, AL-27-210 48. 1884 – April 2, Tornadoes, Blount and Madison Counties, AL -- 10 49. 1885 – Nov 6, Tornado, Dallas County, Near Selma, AL -- 13 50. 1886 – Dec 28, Fire, Steamer/Boarding House Bradish Johnson, Jackson, AL -- ~24 51. 1887 – Mar 01, Steamer W.H. Gardner Burns, Tombigbee River, ~Gainesville, AL -- 20 52. 1888 – Dec 08, Hawes Lynch Mob fired on, Jefferson Co. Jail, Birmingham, AL --10-15 53. 1891 – May 22, Mine Explosion, Pratt No. 1 Shaft Coal Mine, Pratt City, AL -- 11 54. 1893 – Oct 1-2, Hurricane Cheniere Caminanda, Mobile, AL (~2,000 in LA) -- 12 55. 1894 – June, Labor Violence, Coal Miners Strike and Violence, North AL -- 10 56. 1897 – Yellow Fever Outbreak, Bay Minette, Flomaton, Whistler, esp. Mobile, AL -- 57 57. 1899 – March 18, Tornadoes (3), AL -- 16 58. 1900 – Typhoid Fever (AL subset of 35,379 typhoid fever deaths nationwide)7 --1,713 59. 1901 -- March 25, Tornado, Jefferson Co. (Birmingham/Avondale/Irondale), AL --16-25 60. 1902 – March 26-27, Flooding, especially northwest of Decatur, AL -- 11 61. 1902 – Sep 01, Excursion Train Derailment, Southern Railway, near Berry, AL8 -- 30 62. 1902 – Sep 20, Shiloh Church Stampede, Birmingham, AL -- 115 63. 1903 – April 8, Tornadoes (2), Leesburg, Hopewell, Summit, AL -- 20 64. 1903 – May 24, Tornadoes (3), Franklin, Kearney, Adams, Webster, Clay Co. AL -- 14 65. 1904 – Jan 22, Tornado, Hale-Tuscaloosa Counties (Moundville), AL -- 37 66. 1905 – Feb 20, Mine Explosion, Coal Mine Virginia City, AL -- 160 67. 1906 – Feb 27, Mine Explosion, Little Cahaba Coal Mine, Piper, AL -- 12 68. 1907 – Dec 16, Mine Explosion, Yolande Coal Mine, Yolande, AL -- 57 69. 1908 – April 24-25, Tornadoes, AL --37-48 70. 1909 – Feb 02, Mine Explosion, Short Creek Coal Mine, Short Creek, AL -- 18 71. 1909 – Oct 14, Storm and Tornadoes, Franklin, Marshall, Jackson Counties, AL --11-21 72. 1910 – Apr 20, Mine Explosion, Mulga Coal Mine Mulga, AL -- 40 73. 1910 – May 5, Mine Explosion, Coal Mine No. 3, Palos/Birmingham, AL -- 84 74. 1911 – Apr 08, Mine Explos., Banner coal mine, Pratt Consolidated, Littleton, AL –128-129 75. 1912 – Aug 13, Mine Explosion, Abernant Coal Mine, Abernant, AL -- 18 76. 1913 – Jan 09, Jas. T. Staples Boiler Explosion, Tombigbee River, near Mobile, AL --15-16 77. 1913 – March 13/14, Tornadoes, Bullock, Calhoun, Etowah, Macon, Montgomery Co.-- 10 78. 1913 – March 21, Tornadoes (4), AL -- 34 79.