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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

634 AM MDT August 19, 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 

Tuesday, August 19, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7400  Green blo Fontenelle          2600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1250  Green nr Greendale           e1350

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               700

Dolores nr Bedrock               140  Little Snake nr Lily            95

Dolores nr Cisco                 370  Green at Jensen               2700

Colorado nr Cisco               7400  White nr Watson                800

Cataract Canyon               e13000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4500

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       35

Virgin nr St. George              95  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield             70  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      65

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  125  San Juan nr Archuleta         e700

Weber nr Echo                    290  Animas nr Durango              880

Weber at Gateway                 370  San Juan nr Bluff            e1500

Provo nr Woodland                140

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           120

Sevier blo Piute Dam             420



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: 

   SLOWLY FALLING





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



Fontenelle                    6504.7

Flaming Gorge                 6036.7

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3692.4



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 6600-7600

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6400-7600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1300-1550

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4000-4600

Cataract Canyon............. 11000-13500



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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