List of disasters in the United States by death toll

This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed.

(2005) (2003) Crest Hill, Illinois

Steamboat boiler explosions were a common cause of 19th-century mass-casualty events in the United States.