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Verifying whether DisasterStatus is citable? Here's who runs it, where the data comes from, and how you're free to reuse it. Last updated 2026-07-06.
Who runs it & what it is
Who runs it
DisasterStatus is operated by DevRig LLC, Wyoming, USA, an independent US company. We are a referral service that connects homeowners with vetted local restoration pros — we're not a restoration contractor, and we're not affiliated with any single firm, which is why we can publish this data neutrally.
What it is
A live US disaster tracker (NWS, NHC, FEMA and wildfire feeds, refreshed hourly) plus statistics pages aggregated from federal open data (FEMA OpenFEMA, NOAA, USFA). Every statistic names its primary source and an as-of date, and shows its methodology.
Reuse & licensing
Free to republish, with a link
Our charts, tables and derived datasets are licensed CC BY 4.0 — republish or adapt them, including commercially, with attribution to DisasterStatus and a link back to the page you took them from.
Every statistics chart offers three ways to take the data with you:
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Embed snippet
Drop the live chart straight into your article.
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SVG image
Download the chart as a crisp vector for print or web.
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CSV download
Take the raw numbers to run your own analysis.
Note: the underlying federal datasets themselves (FEMA OpenFEMA, NOAA, USFA) are US-government public domain — you can cite them directly. CC BY 4.0 covers our presentation of that data (the charts, tables and derived figures).
How to cite
Please attribute DisasterStatus and link to the specific page. A citation like this works:
DisasterStatus, “US property damage statistics” (2026). https://disasterstatus.com/statistics
The data
Start at the statistics compendium — a cited reference for the scale of US property damage, with every figure tied to a primary source. From there, the deep-dive datasets carry the full charts, tables and downloads:
Media enquiries
Contact
Press, data or methodology questions — including a figure you'd like double-checked before you publish — reach us at [email protected]. We aim to reply within about two business days. We're a small team, so please build in a little lead time before a hard deadline.