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<br />The President has declared areas in Colorado a major <br />disaster during six of the past 20 years, Most of these <br />disasters were caused by precipitation but two were caused by dam <br />failure. A summary of these presidentially declared disasters is <br />shown in the following table. <br /> <br />RECENT PRESIDENTIAL MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS <br /> <br />Year Location Cause <br />1965 Front Range Sustained Rainfall <br /> 33 counties <br />1969 Front Range Sustained Rainfall <br /> 15 counties <br />1970 South West Sustained Rainfall <br />1973 (1 ) Kersey Dam Failure <br /> (2) Front Sustained Rainfall <br /> Range <br /> 13 Counties <br /> ( 3 ) Southwest Sustained Rainfall <br /> 13 Counties <br />1976 Big Thompson Flash flooding, <br /> Front Range heavy rainfall <br /> 2 counties over short duration <br />1982 Lawn Lake Dam failure <br /> Front Range <br /> 1 county <br /> <br />-32- <br />