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<br />I <br /> <br />I. <br />I <br /> <br />be scheduled to determine actual damages but due to the need to put out <br /> <br />post-flood reports in a short period of time and lack of travel money, <br /> <br />the extra trip usually is not taken, the damages are thus determined <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />by using the various depth-damage curves available within the District. <br /> <br />It was learned that the Omaha District, like many others, does not have <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />up-to-date commercial and industrial depth-damage curves. Depth-damage <br /> <br />curves, of unknown origin which were developed from data obtained from a <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />post-flood dmage survey on the Floyd River, Sioux City, Iowa 1953 and <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />tax assessor data on Inventory - Arapahoe County, Colorado 1958, City of <br /> <br />Englewood, Colorado are being used by the Omaha District. See pages 17 & 18. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The curves give damage to structure and contents based upon structure value, <br /> <br />depth of flooding and type of business. For example, a drug store with a <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />building value of $100,000 flooded to a depth of 5 feet would suffer <br /> <br />Ie <br /> <br />$297,000 damage to the structure and contents combined, These curves <br /> <br />based upon data 20 years old, or more, could surely be updated. They are <br /> <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />currently the best commercial curves available within the Omaha District for <br /> <br />any area, Denver included. The Omaha District has not developed depth-damage <br /> <br />curves for industrial structures. The Sioux City curves and Galveston District <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />curves are being used in the Denver-Boulder Urban Study to determine commercial <br /> <br />and industrial damage. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Soil Conservation Service <br /> <br />The Soil Conservation Service in1970 issued a guide to be used by its <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />staff leaders and economists involved in watershed, river basin, and RC&D <br /> <br />:1 <br />.. <br />II <br /> <br />planning (U.S.D.A.-SCS, 1970). <br /> <br />The data in the guide was developed by the Corps of Engineers of <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />53 <br />