List of United States disasters by death toll

This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed.

Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War. For stats on this and U.S. military deaths in foreign locations, see United States military casualties of war and list of battles with most United States military fatalities.
Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated.

Over 1,000,000 deaths

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Damage (US$)	Comments
1,178,000+^[1]	2020 – present	COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	Pandemic	Nationwide	see Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	Fatalities estimated. Deadliest known disaster in United States history.

Over 100,000 deaths

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Comments
700,000^[2]	1981 – present	HIV/AIDS in the United States	Pandemic	Nationwide	Fatalities estimated. Second-deadliest disaster in United States history.
675,000^[3]	1918 – 1920	1918 influenza pandemic	Pandemic	Nationwide	Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history.
116,000^[4]	1957 – 1958	1957–1958 influenza pandemic	Pandemic	Nationwide	Fatalities estimated. Fourth-deadliest disaster in United States history.
100,000^[5]	1968	1968 influenza pandemic	Pandemic	Nationwide	Fatalities estimated. Fifth-deadliest disaster in United States history.

Over 400 deaths

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Damage (US$)	Comments
6,000–12,000	1900	1900 Galveston hurricane	Hurricane	Texas	$34,000,000 (1900)	Fatalities estimated. The deadliest natural disaster in United States history.
5,000	1936	1936 North American heat wave	Heat wave	United States, Canada
4,000+	1862	Great Flood of 1862	Flood	Western United States	$100,000,000 (1862)
3,389	1899	1899 San Ciriaco hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Puerto Rico, East Coast of the United States	$20,000,000 (1899)
3,000+	1906	1906 San Francisco earthquake	Earthquake and fire (urban conflagration)	San Francisco, California	$235,000,000 (1906)	Conflagration followed quake; fatalities estimated; also major casualties in Santa Rosa and San Jose. Deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
2,996	2001	September 11 attacks	Terrorism	New York City, Arlington County, Virginia, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania	$10,000,000,000 (2001)	2,977 victims and 19 hijackers. Deadliest in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
2,982 (estimated)	2017	Hurricane Maria	Tropical cyclone	Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, East Coast of the United States	$94,500,000,000 (2017)^[6]	Total includes at least 2,975 deaths based on a study by GWU on the estimated excess mortality.^[7] The official death count was previously 64.^[8] The storm caused $90 billion (2017 USD) in damage in Puerto Rico, and three deaths in the U.S. Virgin Islands, plus 75 deaths and $1.6 billion in damage across the rest of the Caribbean.
2,823	1928	1928 Okeechobee hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Florida, Puerto Rico	$800,000,000 (2005)	4,000+ believed dead total. Includes 2,511+ in the contiguous United States, 312 in Puerto Rico.
2,467	1941	Attack on Pearl Harbor	Military strike – bombing	Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii and nearby military installations		2,403 U.S. victims and 64 Japanese attackers. Deadliest attack on U.S. soil by a foreign government.
2,209	1889	Johnstown Flood	Accident – dam failure	Pennsylvania		Much rain, deforestation; dam failed
2,000	1893	1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Louisiana		Fatalities estimated
1,836	2005	Hurricane Katrina	Tropical cyclone	Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Ohio	$125,000,000,000 (2005)	Tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
1,700	1980	1980 United States heat wave	Heat wave	Central and southern states	$20,000,000,000 (1980 USD)	Official death toll, may have been higher
1,500–2,500	1871	Peshtigo Fire	Wildfire	Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan		Fatalities estimated; most deaths in one fire in U.S. history
1,500	1896	1896 Eastern North America heat wave	Heat wave	Northeastern United States, Midwestern United States		Fatalities estimated
1,173	1943	HMT Rohna^[9]	Military strike – bombing	Mediterranean Sea		Luftwaffe glide bomb hit troopship causing the largest loss of U.S. soldiers (1,050) at sea due to enemy action in a single incident.
1,167	1865	Sultana	Accident – shipwreck	Marion, Arkansas		Steamboat sank due to boiler explosion; fatalities estimated. Deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history
1,021	1904	PS General Slocum	Accident – shipwreck	East River near New York City		Steamship sank due to fire on board. Deadliest maritime disaster in New York City, and deadliest in city's history until 2001.
1,000–2,000	1893	1893 Sea Islands hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Georgia, South Carolina		Fatalities estimated
1,000	1918	1918 Cloquet fire	Wildfire (rural)	Minnesota	$7,300,000
918	1978	Jonestown	Mass murder	Jonestown, Guyana		Jim Jones, cult leader of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, convinced most of the group to drink grape Flavor Aid poisoned with cyanide or to inject themselves and their children with cyanide, totaling 909 deaths of U.S. nationals. A family of four other Temple members committed murder/suicide by knife in Georgetown. Five others were shot and killed while trying to escape from Jonestown, including U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.
879	1945	USS Indianapolis^[10]	Military strike – submarine	Philippine Sea		Largest loss of life in the history of the U.S. Navy at sea
844	1915	SS Eastland	Accident – shipwreck	Chicago, Illinois		Passenger ship capsized in Chicago harbor while loading charter for company picnic, causing great loss of life despite shallow water and proximity to land. Deadliest disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping, and deadliest disaster in Chicago history.
819	1944	SS Léopoldville^[11]	Military strike – submarine	English Channel		Approximately 763 United States Army soldiers drowned.
800	1875	1875 Indianola hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Louisiana, Texas		Fatalities estimated
749	1944	Exercise Tiger	Military strike – E-boats	English Channel		USS LST-289, LST-507 and LST-531 sunk during a training exercise.^[12]
747	1925	Tornado outbreak of March 18, 1925	Tornado outbreak	Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee	$1,650,000,000 (2005)	At least 12 tornadoes, including the following: Tri-State Tornado: 695 deaths (deadliest tornado in U.S. history) Buck Lodge, Tennessee/Beaumont, Kentucky: 41 deaths
745	1919	1919 Florida Keys hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Florida, Texas		Including 488 deaths aboard SS Valbanera
739	1995	Chicago Heat Wave of 1995	Heat wave	Chicago, Illinois
683	1942	USS Juneau^[13]	Military strike – submarine	Guadalcanal		Sunk by submarine while retreating with damage from naval battle of Guadalcanal.
682–800	1938	1938 New England hurricane	Tropical cyclone
675	1943	SS Dorchester^[14]	Military strike – submarine	Greenland		United States troopship.
650	1913	Great Flood of 1913	Flood	Central United States, Eastern United States		Fatalities estimated
644	1943	USS Liscombe Bay^[15]	Military strike – submarine	Gilbert Islands		Submarine torpedo detonated the aircraft carrier's bomb magazine during Operation Galvanic.
602	1903	Iroquois Theatre fire	Fire (building)	Chicago, Illinois		Worst theater fire in American history; worst single-building fire.
600	1928	St. Francis Dam	Accident – dam failure	Santa Clarita, California
581	1947	Texas City disaster	Accident – explosion	Texas City, Texas		Ammonium nitrate on board ship
501+	1896	Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896	Tornado outbreak sequence	Central United States, Southern United States	$2,900,000,000 (1997)	At least 38 tornadoes, including the following: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: 255–400 deaths Sherman, Texas: 73+ deaths Ortonville–Thomas–Oakwood, Michigan: 47+ deaths Seneca–Oneida, Kansas/Falls City, Nebraska: 25+ deaths Imbs–Germantown, Illinois: 24 deaths
500+	1804	1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane	Tropical cyclone	Southeastern United States
500	1865	American steamship General Lyon (1864)	Accident – fire, shipwreck	Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina		Fatalities estimated
500	1871	Great Michigan Fire	Wildfire (rural)	Michigan		Fatalities estimated
492	1942	Cocoanut Grove fire	Fire (building)	Boston, Massachusetts		Deadliest nightclub fire ever, and second-deadliest structure fire in U.S. history; loss of life due to blocked exits; burn victims were among the first treated with penicillin
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