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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

743 AM MDT August 16, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, August 16, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           9400  Green blo Fontenelle          3100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1150  Green nr Greendale        est 1300

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell              1150

Dolores nr Bedrock               145  Little Snake nr Lily            95

Dolores nr Cisco                 490  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               9400  White nr Watson                920

Cataract Canyon            est 15000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4800

Lake Powell Inflow         est 16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       95

Virgin nr St. George             220  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield            115  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      65

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  135  San Juan nr Archuleta      est 600

Weber nr Echo                    370  Animas nr Durango             1100

Weber at Gateway                 330  San Juan nr Bluff             1950

Provo nr Woodland                145

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           100

Sevier blo Piute Dam             250



Trend for the next 2 days:  Little change most areas.  Falling on lower

mainstem Colorado.



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



Fontenelle                    6505.2

Flaming Gorge                 6036.5

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3692.7



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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 7500-9600

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7500-9600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1700-2000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4500-4900

Cataract Canyon............. 13500-15500



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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