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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the 1970 curves. In determining damages, a typical house was considered

to be a small, ranch with approximately 1,000 square feet of living space

and no basement. The house was considered to have a market value of

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$27,000 and a lot value of $3,000. The contents of the house was set at

$8,000.

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A study on South Lakewood Gulch done in 1977 (Wright-McLaughlin,

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July, 1977) used the January 21, 1974 FIA depth-damage tables. The tables

were used for structure damage and content damage to residential and

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commercial structures. The market valuation of structures was developed

from Jefferson County current assessment records. The value of contents

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in private residences was assumed to be 30% of the total market value of

the structure.

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Probably the most recent study done for the UD&FCD, on Weir Gulch

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Tributaries, used the methodology contained within "Urban Drainage and

Flood Control Projects, Economic, Legal, and Financial Aspects" (Grigg,

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et aI, July, 1975) and '~ethodology for Evaluation of Feasibility; Multi-

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jurisdictional Urban Drainage and Flood Control Projects" (UD&FCD, February,

1977) .

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On all of the streams mentioned in this section, plus some others in

the metropolitan area, the UD&FCD should have average annual flood loss

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calculations for both existing conditions and proposed improved conditions.

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