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US peacetime disasters with deaths exceeding 1000
| Year | Disaster | Deaths |
| 1865 | Explosion of the steamship Sultana in Memphis, Tennessee | 1547 |
| 1871 | Forest fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin | 1182 |
| 1889 | Flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania | >2200 |
| 1900 | Hurricane in Galveston, Texas | >6000 |
| 1904 | Fire on the steamship General Slocum in New York's East River | 1021 |
| 1928 | Hurricane in Lake Okeechobee, Florida | 2000 |
