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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In Colorado, it has been estimated that 250,000 people are living in 100-year floodplains and <br />65,000 homes and 15,000 commercial, industrial, and business structures are located in <br />floodplains totaling $16,5 billion dollars worth of property, The Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB) has delineated 8,000 miles of floodplains and it is estimated that there are many <br />more structures located in unmapped floodplains (CWCB, 2002), There are also certain <br />floodplain maps that contain approximate floodplain delineations that were not based on <br />sufficient engineering infonnation (CWCB, 2002), In cases where communities do not have <br />adequate floodplain mapping, revisions to outdated maps or entirely new maps are needed, <br /> <br />4 <br />