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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

722 AM MDT August 24, 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 

Sunday, August 24, 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               500

Dolores nr Bedrock               135  Little Snake nr Lily            80

Dolores nr Cisco                 300  Green at Jensen               2600

Colorado nr Cisco               6200  White nr Watson                740

Cataract Canyon               e10000  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow            e12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       35

Virgin nr St. George              35  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield             55  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     110

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  135  San Juan nr Archuleta         e720

Weber nr Echo                    200  Animas nr Durango              720

Weber at Gateway                 360  San Juan nr Bluff              800

Provo nr Woodland                125

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           165

Sevier blo Piute Dam             410



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: Except for possible rapid rises from 

showers...little change.



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 Sunday thru Tuesday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5800-6600

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 130-150

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5600-6400

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 620-820

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

Cataract Canyon............. 9600-10200



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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