Dataset Submitted

Disaster Impact Statistics from FEMA for Texas Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Authors: Shoujia Li, Yalong Pi, David Retchless
Identified On: Apr 30 2024 16:25 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/t7mtn8m6
UDI: O1.x158.000:0004
Project Information

Funded By:
Texas OneGulf

Funding Cycle:
Texas OneGulf 2023

Research Group:
Towards Targeted Risk Mitigation: Community Engaged, Fast Impact Estimation of Extreme Weather using Big Social and Climate Data

Point of Contact

Yalong Pi
Texas A&M University
piyalong@tamu.edu

Data Collection Period
2014-12-01
to
2024-12-31
Theme keywords

FEMA Individual Assisstance, Hurricanes in Texas, Storms in Texas

Abstract:

This dataset collected data from the OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declaration Summary - v2, which records federally declared hurricane disasters in Texas since 2010. A total of eight hurricanes were identified and filtered.

Suggested Citation:

Shoujia Li, Yalong Pi, David Retchless. Disaster Impact Statistics from FEMA for Texas Hurricanes and Tropical Storms. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/t7mtn8m6

Purpose:

This dataset is used to identify hurricane disasters in Texas since 2010, so we can analyze how these events relate to Twitter activity.

Data Parameters and Units:

disasterNumber (smallint), damagedCity (text), damagedStateAbbreviation (text), damagedZipCode (text), householdComposition (text), grossIncome (text), specialNeeds (boolean), ownRent (text), residenceType (text), homeOwnersInsurance (boolean), floodInsurance (boolean), inspected (boolean), rpfvl (decimal), habitabilityRepairsRequired (boolean), destroyed (boolean), waterLevel (smallint), highWaterLocation (text), floodDamage (boolean), foundationDamage (boolean), foundationDamageAmount (decimal), roofDamage (boolean), roofDamageAmount (decimal), tsaEligible (boolean), tsaCheckedIn (boolean), rentalAssistanceEligible (boolean), rentalAssistanceAmount (decimal), repairAssistanceEligible (boolean), repairAmount (decimal), replacementAssistanceEligible (boolean), replacementAmount (decimal), sbaEligible (boolean), renterDamageLevel (text), rentalAssistanceEndDate (date), rentalResourceCity (text), rentalResourceStateAbbreviation (text), rentalResourceZipCode (text), primaryResidence (boolean), personalPropertyEligible (boolean), ppfvl (decimal), censusBlockId (text), censusYear (smallint), id (uuid).

Methods:

The dataset was first filtered to include only records where the state was Texas and the incident type was classified as “Hurricane” To focus on recent events, only disasters declared after January 1, 2010 were retained. After filtering, the resulting records were consolidated into a summary table containing key attributes for each hurricane, including the disaster number, state, declaration date, fiscal year of declaration, incident type, declaration title, incident begin date, and incident end date. Each hurricane was verified to ensure it represented a unique disaster event, with duplicate disaster numbers removed.