HUD Data: Hurricane Sandy Damage Estimates by Block Group

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Project Citation:

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Data: Hurricane Sandy Damage Estimates by Block Group. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-04-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219341V2

Project Description

Project Title: HUD Data: Hurricane Sandy Damage Estimates by Block Group

Summary: This dataset denotes Sandy Damage Estimates Based on FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) Registrant Inspection Data. A FEMA housing inspection for renters is used to assess personal property loss and for owners to assess damage to their home as well as personal property. This inspection is done to determine eligibility for FEMA Individual Assistance. For both rental and owner inspections, if the property has flood damage the inspector measures the height of the flooding. They indicate the highest floor of the flooding (for example, Basement, 1st floor, 2nd floor, etc…) and the extent of the flooding in that room. In addition, for the units without flooding, HUD has estimated minor/major/severe damage based on the damage inspection estimates for real property (owner) and personal property (renter).A FEMA housing inspection for renters is used to assess personal property loss and for owners to assess damage to their home as well as personal property. This inspection is done to determine eligibility for FEMA Individual Assistance. For both rental and owner inspections, if the property has flood damage the inspector measures the height of the flooding. They indicate the highest floor of the flooding (for example, Basement, 1st floor, 2nd floor, etc…) and the extent of the flooding in that room. In addition, for the units without flooding, HUD has estimated minor/major/severe damage based on the damage inspection estimates for real property (owner) and personal property (renter).

In an effort to maintain the confidentiality of residents this file only presents data on block groups with ten or more damaged housing units. The suppression of block groups with fewer than ten damaged housing units results in an exclusion of approximately 6% of the total flooded units. These data reflect Hurricane Sandy damage in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. These data are incomplete, as each day there are additional registrants and inspections. This should be a viewed as a preliminary snapshot to assist with planning.

To learn more about HUD's long-term recovery efforts for victims of Hurricane Sandy visit: https://www.hud.gov/sandyrebuilding, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Data are available in a number of formats including csv, Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, File Geodatabase, Feature Collection, GeoPackage, and Excel

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Microdata: Yes

Level of Analysis: Group - Block Groups

Variables Present: Yes

File Layout: .txt, .csv

Codebook: Yes

Methods: No

Weights (with appropriate documentation): No

Publications: No

Aggregate Data: No

Original Distribution URL: https://www.huduser.gov/maps/map_sandy_blockgroup.html

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: fema; Hurricane; Damage; geographic information systems; housing units

Geographic Coverage: Area of the United States damaged by Hurricane Sandy

Time Period(s): 2012 – 8/4/2023

Universe: block-level data about damaged housing units from Hurricane Sandy

Data Type(s): census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

Collection Notes: 1828 records

Methodology

Response Rate: 1828 records

Weights: see attributes file

Unit(s) of Observation: See attributes file

Geographic Unit: residential blocks

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V2 [2026-04-02]

V1 [2025-02-14]

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