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• County: Denver
• Community: All
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Colorado Landslide Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 1/1/1988
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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II MONTHLY DEPARTURE ;v\ ACCUMULATED DEPARTURES
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Figure 2. The 1975-1985 monthly and accumulated precipitation departures from the 20-year average
for Eagle. Colorado.

mitigation programs have been implemented in Japan and
other countries. Based on annual landslide loss figures
alone, consideration of such an effort would seem to
warrant the attention of political leaders, scientists,
engineers, and planners in this country. Although there
have been some impressive and successful local
demonstrations of landslide hazard mitigation in the
United States, information about these activities has not
been widely disseminated.

PURPOSE OF THIS LANDSLIDE
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

The purpose of this mitigation plan is to reduce
statewide actual and potential losses from landslides by:
. identifying local governmental strategies, plans,
and programs that can assist in loss reduction,
. identifying unmet local needs essential to the loss-
reduction process,
. identifying and developing state agency capabilities
and initiatives that can deal with unmet local
needs,
. developing cost-beneficial state mitigation projects
that may reasonably be expected to reduce land-
slide losses,

· educating state and local officials and emergency
response personnel on the landslide hazard and
potential methods for loss reduction. and
. establishing means to provide a long-term, con-
tinuous governmental process to reduce losses.

SCOPE OF PLAN

This plan recognizes the importance of taking landslide
hazards into account in community planning and land-use
management, and provides local authorities with a wide
range of possible strategies and regulatory approaches
for mitigating landslide problems in their communities.
Mitigation options are presented in this plan as projects.
Implementation costs vary widely. Estimates are
provided where possible. Where state and local govern-
ments' budgets allow, low cost projects should be under-
taken. When costs exceed immediate budget
capabilities, projecis may have to be implemented in
stages over several years, or federal assistance sought.
In view of local government's primary role in manag-
ing the use of its land, this state mitigation plan is
essentially a support document. It is one of several state
mitigation plans now being developed to reduce potential

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