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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

641 AM MDT August 22, 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 

Friday, August 22, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6400  Green blo Fontenelle          1800

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale            1800

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               580

Dolores nr Bedrock               135  Little Snake nr Lily            85

Dolores nr Cisco                 330  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               6200  White nr Watson                760

Cataract Canyon               e11000  Green nr Green R, Ut          3700

Lake Powell Inflow            e14000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       30

Virgin nr St. George              40  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield             55  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     110

Muddy nr Emery                    45

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  125  San Juan nr Archuleta         e700

Weber nr Echo                    330  Animas nr Durango              740

Weber at Gateway                 360  San Juan nr Bluff             1100

Provo nr Woodland                130

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           165

Sevier blo Piute Dam             410



Trend for the next 2 days, all areas:

Little change except for isolated, sharp rises due to thundershowers.



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



Fontenelle                    6504.3

Flaming Gorge                 6036.8

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3692.2



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........ 6200-6800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 120-160

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5800-6400

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1200

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3400-3800

Cataract Canyon............. 9500-11500



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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