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<br />e <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />t99a. Colorado Rood Hazard Mitigation Plan (409) <br /> <br />mitigation ought to be undertaken as a means of <br />bringing about these solutions. <br /> <br />2,4.1 Loss Potential <br /> <br />Loss potential in Colorado exists in 268 crties and <br />towns. All 63 Colorado counties have floodplains. <br />Over 250,000 people now live in Colorado's floodplain. <br />Fiood loss potential is estimated that 65,000 homes <br />and 15,000 commercial, industrial and business struc- <br />tures are in identified floodplains. <br /> <br />Total value of property, structure and contents at risk <br />from the 100-year flood is now $11 billion (in 1997 <br />dollars). Cumulative flood losses from the turn of the <br />century to 1993 from the state's most damaging floods <br />are $3.3 billion (1997 dollars), <br /> <br />In October of 1997, there were 14,058 flood insurance <br />policies statewide with an insured value of <br />$1,457,415,600 or $103,561 (avg) per policy. In 1994, <br />there were 9,893 flood insurance policies. In 1997, <br />there were 14,058 policies in force, This is a 42% <br />increase (1994-97). <br /> <br />2.4.2 Potential Impact of No Action <br /> <br />ACCEPTABLE <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />ACCEPTABLE <br />but borderline; some mitigation <br />might be undertaken <br /> <br />UNACCEPTABLE <br /> <br />] <br /> <br />Figure 2.11 <br /> <br />Flle:FHMP-cMprer.z.putJ <br /> <br />Hazard <br />Vulnerability <br /> <br />Community <br />Values <br /> <br />Hazard <br />Vulnerability <br /> <br />Community <br />Values <br /> <br />Hazard <br />vulnerability <br /> <br />Community <br />values <br /> <br />Chapter 2 . 13 <br /> <br />1/29118 10:48 AM <br />