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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

711 AM MDT July 17, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, July 17, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           8500  Green blo Fontenelle          1700

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1900  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee               140  Yampa at Maybell              1200

Dolores nr Bedrock               150  Little Snake nr Lily          e400

Dolores nr Cisco                 550  Green at Jensen               4200

Colorado nr Cisco               8500  White nr Watson                750

Cataract Canyon               e16000  Green nr Green R, Ut          6000

Lake Powell Inflow            e20000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       30

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         22000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  200  San Juan nr Archuleta          550

Weber nr Echo                    440  Animas nr Durango             1400

Weber at Gateway                 400  San Juan nr Bluff            e1600

Provo nr Woodland                150

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           120

Sevier blo Piute Dam             500



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                    6498.3

Flaming Gorge                 6035.4

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6067.2

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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 7500-8500

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 140-150

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7500-8500

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1400-1700

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5000-6000

Cataract Canyon............. 14000-16000



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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