FLOOD04322

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Urban Drainage Planning
• Date: 3/1/1974
• Prepared For: UDFCD
• Prepared By: CSU
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Land Use

Potential Damaqe Description

I. Commercial.

1. Structural damage.
2. Contents damage.
3. Inventory loss/damage.
4. Removal of debris and cleaning.
5. Loss of business income.
6. Loss of sales taxes.
7. Loss of salaries to employees.
8. Special police-protection.
9. Loss of life.

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K. Industrial.

1. Structural damage.
2. Contents damage.
3. Inventory loss/damage.
4. Removal of debris and cleaning.
5. Operating loss-days idle.
6. Loss of salaries to employees.
7. Loss of life.

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L. Special Situations -
such as Underground
Parking.

1. Vehicular damage.
2. Loss of life.

M. Other

Step 3 - Eliminate Unlikely Damaqe cateqories

Once specific categories and potential damage have been ident-

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ified, a number can be eliminated due to the unlikeliness of

their occurrence or to the insignificance of the loss.

In the

Little Dry Creek study the following damage categories were

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eliminated for the reasons set forth below:

Land Use/Damaqe Cateqory

Elimination Reason

A. Industrial - all damage.

No industries in study area.

B. Public unimproved open
space - all damages.

Damage insignificant.

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C. Public improved open
space - all damages.

No land in study area inundated.

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~ Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engneers.lnc