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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

647 AM MDT July 31, 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 31, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6800  Green blo Fontenelle          1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun        940  Green nr Greendale           e1600

Dolores blo Mcphee               130  Yampa at Maybell              1050

Dolores nr Bedrock               155  Little Snake nr Lily           210

Dolores nr Cisco                 620  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               6600  White nr Watson                740

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          3700

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      210

Virgin nr St. George              65  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield             70  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     170

Muddy nr Emery                    50

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  155  San Juan nr Archuleta            M

Weber nr Echo                    300  Animas nr Durango             3500

Weber at Gateway                 370  San Juan nr Bluff             2900

Provo nr Woodland                160

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           210

Sevier blo Piute Dam             270



Trend for the next 2 days:  For all areas, possible sharp rises due to 

thunderstorms.  On the San Juan, rise on the lower mainstem.





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



Fontenelle                    6502.6

Flaming Gorge                 6035.6

Crystal                       6683.5

Navajo                        6066.8

Glen Canyon                   3693.7



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........ 6500-7000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 130-170

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6400-7200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2900-8000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3500-3800

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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