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<br />. <br /> <br />199G <br /> <br />Colorado Floodplain Facts <br /> <br />Historic Flood Data <br /> <br />Current Ha:QlFd Exposure <br /> <br />. Aoodprone areas have been identified in 267 cities and towns and in all of the 63 counties in <br />Colorado <br /> <br />. Over 250,000 people are living in Colorado's floodplains <br /> <br />. There are estimated to be 65,000 homes and 15,000 commercial, industrial and business structures in <br />identified floodplains <br /> <br />. The value of this propeny , structures and contents is estimated to be over 11 billion dollars (1996) <br /> <br />Current Losses <br /> <br />. Average annual flood losses in Colorado are $17.600,000 in propeny damages based on the trend <br />from 1896 to 1984 <br /> <br />. Cllmll'~rive flood losses for the most damaging floods in Colorado since the turn of the century to <br />1993 were 331 people killed and propeny damages of $3.3 billion (1995 worth) <br /> <br />Presidential Disaster Declarations <br /> <br />The President has declared a major disaster during seven of the years from 1965 to 1995 as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />1965 33 Front Range counties <br /> <br /> <br />1969 15 Front Range counties <br /> <br />1970 Southwestern Colorado <br />,,^J <br />1973 13 Front Range Counties~) 1", s.,...4L~t.J'.\- (a...~.j;<.I <br /> <br />19762 Front Range counties (Big Thompson Canyon) . <br />rfi,:(u<t. <br />1982 Larimer County (Lawn Lake Dam) <br />M' tfn <br />1984 f'<.. West,..Slope counties <br />Is <br /> <br />EXmBIT B <br />