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<br />- <br /> <br />COLORADO flOOD FACTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Floodprone areas have been identified in 222 cities and towns <br />and in all of the 63 counties in Colorado; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Over 150,000 people are living in Colorado's floodplains; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />There are estimated to be 62,000 homes and 12,000 commercial, <br />industrial and business structures in identified floodplains; <br /> <br />. The value of this property, structures and contents is <br />estimated to be over 6 billion dollars; _ <br />- <br /> <br />. CUmulative flood losses for the 16 most damaging floods in <br />Colorado since the turn of the century were 331 people killed <br />and $817,740,000 in property damages - 1984 worth of the <br />property is valued at $1,700,000,000; <br /> <br />. Annual average flood losses in Colorado are $17,600,000 in <br />property damages based on the trend from 1896 to 1993; <br /> <br />. The President has declared a major disaster during seven of <br />the years from 1965 to 1993 as follows: <br /> <br />1965 - 33 Front Range counties <br /> <br />1969 - 15 Front Range counties <br /> <br />1970 - Southwest Colorado <br /> <br />1973 - Kersey, 13 Front Range counties, <br />13 Southwest counties <br /> <br />1976 - Big Thompson Canyon, <br />2 Front Range counties <br /> <br />1982 - Lawn Lake and Larimer County <br /> <br />1984 - 15 West Slope counties <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board. 1313 Sherman St., Room 721, Denver, CO 80203.303/866-3441 <br />Department of Natural Resources, Ken Salazar, Executive Director <br />