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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

830 AM MDT August 23, 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 

Saturday, August 23, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6800  Green blo Fontenelle          1800

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale            1800

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               520

Dolores nr Bedrock               135  Little Snake nr Lily            85

Dolores nr Cisco                 330  Green at Jensen               2700

Colorado nr Cisco               6400  White nr Watson                740

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          3700

Lake Powell Inflow            e13000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       30

Virgin nr St. George              30  Escalante nr Escalante     Near  0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     110

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta         e720

Weber nr Echo                    200  Animas nr Durango              720

Weber at Gateway                 370  San Juan nr Bluff              860

Provo nr Woodland                130

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           165

Sevier blo Piute Dam             410





Trend for the next 2 days ALL AREAS:



Isolated sharp rises due to thundershowers, otherwise little change





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



Fontenelle                    6504.3

Flaming Gorge                 6036.9

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3692.1



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........ 6600-7200

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6000-7000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 800-1200

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3400-4000

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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