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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

642 AM MDT August 15, 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 15, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           9800  Green blo Fontenelle          3100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1250  Green nr Greendale            4000

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell              1900

Dolores nr Bedrock               210  Little Snake nr Lily           115

Dolores nr Cisco                 580  Green at Jensen               4900

Colorado nr Cisco               9800  White nr Watson               1050

Cataract Canyon               e15000  Green nr Green R, Ut          5000

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      140

Virgin nr St. George             460  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield            140  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  135  San Juan nr Archuleta         e680

Weber nr Echo                    165  Animas nr Durango             1300

Weber at Gateway                 350  San Juan nr Bluff             2200

Provo nr Woodland                145

Ogden blo Pineview Dam             M

Sevier blo Piute Dam             220



Trend for the next 2 days will be for relatively steady streamflow conditions

   except locally where isolated upstream thunderstorms may cause short-term

   rises in streamflow.  These rises can be especially hazardous in mountainous

   canyons and desert wash areas.



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



Fontenelle                    6505.3

Flaming Gorge                 6036.4

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3692.8



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........ 9200-10000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 195-205

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 9200-10000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1900-2300

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4700-5300

Cataract Canyon............. 14000-15500



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. 



This information is also available through the Internet by connecting to

www.cbrfc.gov/public/for.html and then clicking on Today's River Statement.











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