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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Sustainability. 2021 Jan 19;13(2):1–16. doi: 10.3390/su13020965

Table 1.

Number and percentage of RCRA sites in the United States exposed to each natural hazard type and to multiple hazards.

Natural Hazard Type Number of RCRA Sites Vulnerable to Natural Hazard Type Percentage of RCRA Sites Vulnerable to Natural Hazard Type
Coastal Flooding 122,852 27.04%
Drought 404,542 89.06%
Earthquakes 113,810 25.05%
Hail 418,151 92.05%
Hurricanes 50,068 11.02%
Inland Flooding 450,733 99.22%
Landslides 234,335 51.58%
High Temperature Extremes 454,220 99.99%
Low Temperature Extremes 454,183 99.98%
Tornadoes 261,782 57.63%
Wildfires 210,565 46.35%
Wind Events 431,718 95.04%
Multiple Natural Hazards 454,224 99.99%