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I I I- I I I I I I Ie I I I I I I I. I I "'~ ,,~ ----~ The individual contacted has been suggesting the FIA data. based upon claim experience. be used. The Hydrologic Engineering Center, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Davis. California, was next contacted. The individual contacted there said most District Offices will do the following: 1) If funds and time are sufficiently available. depth-damage curves will be developed for the area of interest. 2) When funds and time are not available. depth-damage curves will be developed using data from other nearby regions. 3) If data from other nearby regions is not available. FIAcurves will be used, The individual contacted said most commercial and industrial damage estima- tion is done on an individual basis due to loss variability. Some Corps Districts in the eastern United States were then contacted. thinking that possibly some curves were developed based upon data gathered after hurricane Agnes flooding, The Huntington Corps was contacted first as from earlier discussions with Corps personnel. it was learned that this District had the best depth- damage curves available within the Corps, It was learned. however. that the District believes the curves developed to be good only in the coal bear- ing region from which they were developed. The individual contacted said that 99% of the commercial and industrial damages occur to equipment and inventory and with 40% of the economy based upon coal mining. thought that the curves were not representative of the Denver area. Again. the thinking surfaced that there is no better way to develop damages than to conduct in- dividual appraisals. The Baltimore District of the Corps of Engineers was also contacted. This Corps District is using depth-damage curves that were developed in 1963 31 .""""'-. - ~~. ~ !:.