FLOOD02918

• County: Denver
• Community: Denver
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Estimation of Flood Depth-Damage Curves for Residential, Commercial and Industrial Properties in the Denver Region
• Date: 10/1/1977
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Wayne J. Grahm ‎(Master of Science Candidate at CSU)‎
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Th~ ~~F~~h~Y~!v~ ~~fV@Y 8f ~>>~ W~~er Resources of the Delaware

R!V@f ~~~!fl (l~gg) g@~~!!@g ~fl9~h~F ~ethod to assess changing patterns

@f l~flg y~g, Ag~!e! phe~@~f~p4~ f@F ~938 and 1958 were obtained from the

~~9!~r ~~eP!!!~e~!9fl ~gfV!~g, g, 9, Department of Agriculture. The

fleeg p!~!n~ ~h~~ Wgrg P~!fl~ ene!Ye~d ~ere outlined on the photographs

@fl9 @ trensp~r@n~ ge~ ~r!g re~~gfn W~~ superimposed over the delineated

fleeg Plein, !hg @f@e Yng~F ge~h ge~ ~as then classified into one of

tn@ fe!!@w!n~ ~@t@~@~i.@g;

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Vrgen ~f@es !n~!yg!ng f@sidential, commercial, industrial,
@fi@ Py~!!~ @@v@!@pm@nt,

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NeflYfPen e~@eg !n~!gg!ng crop and pasturelands, forest
!@ll9s, ~fYgh end gp@n yndeveloped areas,

~fellgpeftet!gn er@~g @~~upied by railroad facilities,
ni~hW~yg, ~f!d~@~, end ~anals.

Je~@g neg rY~I!gh@d @~~p!@s ef the aggregate formula approach.

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In 1?1! (J~~g, @t el) h@ Pyt !erth the formula Cd = KdMsd, where Cd is

tn@ @irg€t fleeg g~eg@ ill 9@!lers, Ms is the market value of the inun-

@et@@ stfY~tYr@g in @@llefs eng ~ey be estimated from assessment records,

@ is @@rth gf flgggin~ in f@@t, eng Kd is a factor determined by analysis
@f th@ @if@~t @eW@~@ ~ey%@g te lik@ Property by historical floods. An
eV@fe~@ VeIY@ gf ,Q~~ Weg ~iv@n fQr Kd, Earlier in 1965, James came up
with e VeIY@ gf ,Q~~ fer Kg ~es@d Qn the data presented in Homan and Waybur
(1~~Q~, In !~f~! J~~g sY~S@st@d that for estimation purposes the following
f@~YI;! ~eY14 1[>,~ \!,.@q~ C,d '" ~d II N<I h A. where Cd is the damage caused by

t"@ f!~ @~~! ~4 !% th~ fl~Qd Q~age per foot of flood depth per dollar
@! ~f~@~ V~!Y@ ~f stI~~t\!~e, II ill the fraction of flood plain in urban

@@V@!~~.~t~ ~ !% th~ ~v~et ~alue of structures inundated in dollars per

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