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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

753 AM MDT August 01, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, August 01, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater      est  7000  Green blo Fontenelle      est 1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun  est   940  Green nr Greendale        est 1600

Dolores blo Mcphee         est   130  Yampa at Maybell          est  900

Dolores nr Bedrock         est   170  Little Snake nr Lily      est  210

Dolores nr Cisco           est  1000  Green at Jensen           est 2700

Colorado nr Cisco          est  7200  White nr Watson           est  740

Cataract Canyon            est 10500  Green nr Green R, Ut      est 3700

Lake Powell Inflow         est 12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut est  130

Virgin nr St. George       est    55  Escalante nr Escalante    est   20

Virgin nr Littlefield      est    70  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery             est    50

Colorado at Lees Ferry     est 21400





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley            est   155  San Juan nr Archuleta            M

Weber nr Echo              est   320  Animas nr Durango         est 2500

Weber at Gateway           est   330  San Juan nr Bluff         est 6200

Provo nr Woodland          est   160

Ogden blo Pineview Dam     est   200

Sevier blo Piute Dam       est   320



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

                                          thunderstorms



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



Fontenelle                    6502.9

Flaming Gorge                 6035.6

Crystal                       6683.5

Navajo                        6067.2

Glen Canyon                   3693.6



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........7000-8000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........130-180

Colorado - nr Cisco.........7200-8200

San Juan - nr Bluff.........5000-7000

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

Cataract Canyon.............10000-11500



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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