Recreational Report for July 16, 1997
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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

708 AM MDT July 16, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



This morning's river flows in cubic feet per second for 

Wednesday, July 16, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           9000  Green blo Fontenelle          1700

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2000  Green nr Greendale            2000

Dolores blo Mcphee               140  Yampa at Maybell              1300

Dolores nr Bedrock               150  Little Snake nr Lily          e420

Dolores nr Cisco                 550  Green at Jensen               5000

Colorado nr Cisco               8700  White nr Watson                800

Cataract Canyon               e17000  Green nr Green R, Ut          6500

Lake Powell Inflow            e21000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       40

Virgin nr St. George              30  Escalante nr Escalante        nr dry

Virgin nr Littlefield             50  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     220

Muddy nr Emery                   110

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  220  San Juan nr Archuleta          550

Weber nr Echo                    450  Animas nr Durango             1400

Weber at Gateway                 440  San Juan nr Bluff            e1800

Provo nr Woodland                160

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           120

Sevier blo Piute Dam             550



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: little change to slow fall







Yesterday's reservoir elevations in feet above mean sea level:



Fontenelle                    6497.9

Flaming Gorge                 6035.4

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6067.3

Glen Canyon                   3695.1



For future reservoir releases from Bureau of Reclamation Reservoirs call:



in Southwest Colorado   -  (970) 385-6578

in Westcentral Colorado -  (970) 248-0660

for Flaming Gorge, 

Lake Powell and Navajo  -  (801) 524-3732 or 3642

                    

Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 8000-9000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 150-160

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 8000-8700

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1300-1800

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5500-6500

Cataract Canyon............. 15000-17000



For information on the Upper Snake River in Wyoming and eastern Idaho call 

1-800-658-5771.  For information on the Salmon River and the Snake

River in western Idaho call 208-327-7865. 













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