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<br />TABLE 4. -- Flood Damages, Las Animas, Colorado, and Vicinity, Under
<br />Existing state of Development and January 1963 Price Levels
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<br />are not considered dependable protection. It is est'imated that a
<br />recurrence of the May 1955 flood at the present time would cause
<br />damages of about $275,000, as I isted in table 4. With Pueblo Dam in
<br />operat ion, the discharge of th is flood wou I d be reduced to 38,000
<br />c.f.s. which would cause damages of about $.152,000. The occurrence
<br />of a flood of standard project magnitude, with a peak discharge of
<br />200,000 c.f.s., would cause damages of $3,920,000, as itemized in
<br />tab Ie 4.
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<br /> Damaaes
<br /> item Recurrence of Flood of -S-fandara
<br /> May IY" June 1921 Project Flood
<br /> (44000 c.f.s.) (140000 c.f.s.l (200000 c.f.s.)
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<br />Urban and Suburban:
<br />Residential $98,000 $1,431,000 $1,766,000
<br />Bus i ness 51,000 713.,000 BB6,000
<br />Schoo 1 sand churches 1,000 117,000 163,000
<br />Utilities 7,000 . 156,000 196,000
<br />Pub I ic property 6,000 89,000 120,000
<br />Subtotal 163,000 2,506,000 3,131,000
<br />Agricultural Property: I
<br />Improvements 42,000 185,000 246 ,000
<br />Crops 44,000 157 ,000 173,000
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<br />Subtotal 86,000 342,000 419,000
<br />Streets and Highways 2,000 23,000 38,000
<br />Rai Iroad 2,000 30,000 44,000
<br />Bus i ness and Financial 13,000 84,000 101,000
<br />Losses
<br />Emergency Costs 9,000 150,000 187,000
<br />TOTAL DAMAGES $275,000 $3,135,000 $3,920,000
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<br />77. The damages which could be expected to occur from future
<br />floods were estimated on an average annual basis by analyzing the
<br />discharge-damage-frequencyrelationship of experienced floods under
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