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199E <br />Colorado Floodplain Facts <br />Historic Flood Data <br />Current Hazard Exposure <br />♦ Floodprone areas have been identified in 267 cities and towns and in all of the 63 counties in <br />Colorado <br />♦ Over 250,000 people are living in Colorado's floodplains <br />♦ There are estimated to be 65,000 homes and 15,000 commercial, industrial and business structures in <br />identified floodplains <br />♦ The value of this property, structures and contents is estimated to be over 11 billion dollars (1996) <br />Current Losses <br />♦ Average annual flood losses in Colorado are $17,600,000 in property damages based on the trend <br />from 1896 to 1984 <br />♦ Cumulative flood losses for the most damaging floods in Colorado since the turn of the century to <br />1993 were 331 people killed and property damages of $3.3 billion (1995 worth) <br />Presidential Disaster Declarations <br />The President has declared a major disaster during seven of the years from 1965 to 1995 as follows: <br />1965 33 Front Range counties <br />1969 15 Front Range counties <br />1970 Southwestern Colorado <br />d „a <br />1973 13 Front Range Counties ) 1% el <br />1976.2 Front Range counties (Big Thompson Canyon) <br />r F; :t U'A <br />1982 Larimer County (Lawn Lake Darr!) <br />1984 Westt Slope counties <br />EXHIBIT B <br />