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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

623 AM MDT July 30, 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 30, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6500  Green blo Fontenelle          1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun        940  Green nr Greendale           e1300

Dolores blo Mcphee               130  Yampa at Maybell               840

Dolores nr Bedrock               140  Little Snake nr Lily           220

Dolores nr Cisco                 620  Green at Jensen               2400

Colorado nr Cisco               6500  White nr Watson                740

Cataract Canyon               e10000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4100

Lake Powell Inflow            e12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      980

Virgin nr St. George              95  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield             30  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    50

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  140  San Juan nr Archuleta          500

Weber nr Echo                    310  Animas nr Durango             1650

Weber at Gateway                 430  San Juan nr Bluff             1800

Provo nr Woodland                150

Ogden blo Pineview Dam          e180

Sevier blo Piute Dam             320



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:  Possible sharp rises due to 

                                          thunderstorm activity



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



Fontenelle                    6502.3

Flaming Gorge                 6035.5

Crystal                       6683.5

Navajo                        6066.7

Glen Canyon                   3693.9



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........ 6200-6800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 120-140

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6200-7000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1700-2500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3500-4200

Cataract Canyon............. 9500-11000



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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