70 To 150 Fatalities
| Year | Type | Fatalities | Damage (US$) | Article | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Fire (building) | 146 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire | New York City, New York | ||
| 1976 | Flood | 145 | Big Thompson Canyon Flood of 1976 | Colorado | ||
| 1978 | Accident - Aircraft | 144 | PSA Flight 182 | San Diego, California | ||
| 1985 | Accident - Aircraft | 137 | Delta Air Lines Flight 191 | Dallas, Texas | ||
| 1967 | Fire | 134 | $72 Million+ | 1967 USS Forrestal fire | Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam | |
| 1960 | Accident - Aircraft | 134 | 1960 New York air disaster | New York City, New York | ||
| 1994 | Accident - Aircraft | 132 | US Air Flight 427 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2012 | Tropical cyclone | 131 | $65,500,000,000 | Hurricane Sandy | Most of the United States East Coast | At least 122 additional fatalities occurred in the Caribbean and the Bahamas. |
| 1944 | Accident - Explosion | 130 | $7,000,000- $15,000,000 |
Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 1956 | Accident - Aircraft | 128 | 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision | Grand Canyon, Arizona | Parts of wreckage still visible | |
| 1972 | Accident - Dam burst | 125 | Buffalo Creek Flood | Logan County, West Virginia | ||
| 2004 | Tropical cyclone | 124 | $19,000,000,000 (2005) |
Hurricane Ivan | Texas
Florida |
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| 1929 | Fire (building) | 123 | Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929 | Cleveland, Ohio | ||
| 2005 | Tropical cyclone | 120 | $10,000,000,000 (2005) |
Hurricane Rita | Louisiana | |
| 1946 | Fire (building) | 119 | Winecoff Hotel | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| 1899 | Tornado | 117 | More than $300,000 ($8,381,000 in today's dollars). | New Richmond tornado | New Richmond, Wisconsin | Tornado hit the same time the circus was in town. |
| 1918 | Earthquake | 116 | 1918 San Fermin earthquake | Puerto Rico | ||
| 1938 | Flood | 115 | Los Angeles Flood of 1938 | Los Angeles, California | ||
| 1964 | Tsunami and Earthquake | 115 | $1,800,000,000 (2006) |
Good Friday Earthquake | Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, California, British Columbia | |
| 1837 | Accident - Shipwreck | 115 | Wreck of the Mexico | Long Beach, New York | Eight people rescued from shore. One hundred fifteen crew and passengers (mostly Irish immigrants, and many of them women and children) froze to death on the deck of the ship just 200 yards from shore. See book: "Water and Ice: The Tragic Wrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico on the South Shore of Long Island" @ www.Lynhistory.com The wreck of the Mexico is the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "Sleepers" in Leaves of Grass. | |
| 1953 | Tornado | 114 | 1953 Waco tornado outbreak | Waco, Texas | Other tornadoes in the outbreak caused an additional 30 deaths | |
| 1981 | Accident - collapse | 114 | Hyatt Regency walkway collapse | Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| 1975 | Accident - Aircraft | 113 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 | New York City, New York | ||
| 2008 | Tropical cyclone | 112 | $19,600,000,000 (2008) |
Hurricane Ike | Texas
Louisiana |
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| 1904 | Train wreck | 111 | Eden train wreck | Pueblo, Colorado | ||
| 1947 | Accident - Coal mine | 111 | Centralia mine disaster | Centralia, Illinois | ||
| 1971 | Accident - Aircraft | 111 | Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 | Juneau, Alaska | ||
| 1989 | Accident - Aircraft | 111 | United Airlines Flight 232 | Sioux City, Iowa | ||
| 1996 | Accident - Aircraft | 110 | ValuJet Flight 592 | Florida Everglades | ||
| 1869 | Accident - Coal mine | 108 | Avondale Mine Disaster | Plymouth, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1918 | Accident - Railroad | 101 | Great train wreck of 1918 | Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| 1972 | Accident - Aircraft | 101 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 | Miami, Florida | ||
| 1978 | Blizzard | 100 | $1,075,000,000 (2010) |
Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978 | Northeast | Fatalities Estimated |
| 2003 | Fire (building) | 100 | The Station nightclub fire | West Warwick, Rhode Island | 4th-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring more than 200. | |
| 1890 | Accident - Shipwreck | 98 | Sea Wing disaster | Lake Pepin near Lake City, Minnesota | Strong winds toppled the excursion vessel. | |
| 1922 | Roof collapse (snow) | 98 | Knickerbocker Theatre | Washington, District of Columbia | ||
| 1904 | Accident - Railroad | 97 | Eden train wreck | Pueblo, Colorado | ||
| 1910 | Avalanche | 96 | Wellington avalanche | Wellington, Washington | ||
| 1962 | Accident - Aircraft | 95 | American Airlines Flight 1 | New York City, New York | ||
| 1958 | Fire (building) | 95 | Our Lady of the Angels School Fire | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 1918 | Accident - Railroad | 93 | Malbone Street Wreck | Brooklyn, New York | ||
| 1876 | Accident - Railroad | 92 | Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster | Ashtabula, Ohio | ||
| 1974 | Accident - Aircraft | 92 | TWA Flight 514 | Berryville, Virginia | ||
| 1973 | Accident - Aircraft | 89 | Delta Air Lines Flight 723 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| 2000 | Accident - Aircraft | 88 | Alaska Airlines Flight 261 | Pacific Ocean near Anacapa Island, California | ||
| 1990 | Fire (building) | 87 | Happy Land Fire | New York City, New York | ||
| 1910 | Fire (rural) | 86 | Great Fire of 1910 | Washington, Idaho, Montana | ||
| 1918 | Accident - Railroad | 86 | Hammond Circus Train Wreck | Hammond, Indiana | ||
| 1993 | State terrorism - Fire | 86 | Waco Siege | Branch Davidian Complex, Waco, Texas | 6 Davidians and 4 police killed in initial raid, 76 Davidians died in assault weeks later when building was set on fire by police. | |
| 1968 | Accident - Aircraft | 85 | United Airlines Flight 629 | Dawson, Texas | ||
| 1951 | Accident - Railroad | 85 | Woodbridge train wreck | Woodbridge, New Jersey | ||
| 1980 | Fire (building) | 84 | MGM Grand Hotel fire | Las Vegas, NV, Nevada | ||
| 1965 | Accident - Aircraft | 84 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 | New York City, New York | ||
| 1969 | Accident - Aircraft | 83 | Airplane collision involving an Allegheny Airlines DC-9 | Shelby County, Indiana | A Piper Cherokee 140, piloted by a student who was a week away from getting his private pilot's license, collided with an Allegheny Airlines DC-9. The flight originated in Boston and had stopped in Baltimore and Cincinnati. | |
| 1967 | Accident - Aircraft | 82 | Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 | Hendersonville, North Carolina | ||
| 1986 | Accident - Aircraft | 82 | Aeromexico Flight 498 | Cerritos, California | ||
| 1887 | Accident - Railroad | 81-85 | Great Chatsworth Train Wreck | Chatsworth, Illinois | ||
| 1963 | Accident - Aircraft | 81 | Pan Am Flight 214 | Elkton, Maryland | Lightning strike | |
| 1943 | Accident - Railroad | 79 | Frankford Junction train wreck | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1982 | Accident - Aircraft | 78 | Air Florida Flight 90 | District of Columbia | ||
| 1968 | Accident - Coal mine | 78 | Farmington Mine Disaster | Farmington, West Virginia | ||
| 1950 | Accident - Railroad | 78 | Kew Gardens train crash | Kew Gardens, New York | ||
| 1970 | Accident - Aircraft | 75 | Southern Airways Charter - Marshall University football team | Ceredo, WV | Deadliest sports tragedy in US history | |
| 1961 | Accident - Aircraft | 74 | Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 | Richmond, Virginia | ||
| 1963 | Accident - Explosion | 74 | Pepsi Coliseum | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
| 1961 | Accident - Aircraft | 73 | TWA Flight 529 | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 1957 | Fire (building) | 72 | Warrenton Nursing Home Fire | Warrenton, Missouri | ||
| 1974 | Accident - Aircraft | 72 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||
| 1943 | Accident - Railroad | 72 | Rennert railroad accident | Rennert, North Carolina | ||
| 1985 | Accident - Aircraft | 70 | Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 | Reno, Nevada |
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