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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

634 AM MDT August 18, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center. 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.



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

Monday, August 18, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           8000  Green blo Fontenelle          3100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale           e1350

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               800

Dolores nr Bedrock               140  Little Snake nr Lily            95

Dolores nr Cisco                 400  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               7600  White nr Watson                800

Cataract Canyon               e14000  Green nr Green R, Ut          5000

Lake Powell Inflow            e17000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       50

Virgin nr St. George              80  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield             80  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      60

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         20500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  135  San Juan nr Archuleta         e680

Weber nr Echo                    350  Animas nr Durango              940

Weber at Gateway                 340  San Juan nr Bluff             1700

Provo nr Woodland                145

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

Sevier blo Piute Dam             330



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: except for possible rises due to showers

fluctuationg around present levels.





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      M

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        M



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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 7400-8200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 130-145

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7200-7800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1400-1700

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4800-5100

Cataract Canyon............. 12000-14500



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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