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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

636 AM MDT August 20, 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 

Wednesday, August 20, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7000  Green blo Fontenelle          2100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale            1350

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               660

Dolores nr Bedrock               140  Little Snake nr Lily            90

Dolores nr Cisco                 370  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               6800  White nr Watson                760

Cataract Canyon               e12500  Green nr Green R, Ut          4200

Lake Powell Inflow            e15500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       65

Virgin nr St. George              70  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield             65  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     100

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Slowly Falling                        Slowly Falling



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta         e700

Weber nr Echo                    280  Animas nr Durango              820

Weber at Gateway                 380  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                130

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           125

Sevier blo Piute Dam             430



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

LITTLE CHANGE                         Slowly Falling



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 6400-7200

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6200-7200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1200-1500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3900-4300

Cataract Canyon............. 10500-13000



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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