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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

808 AM MDT August 27, 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 27, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6600  Green blo Fontenelle          1800

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1250  Green nr Greendale           e1950

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               490

Dolores nr Bedrock               640  Little Snake nr Lily            80

Dolores nr Cisco                 540  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               6200  White nr Watson                680

Cataract Canyon                e9800  Green nr Green R, Ut          3900

Lake Powell Inflow            e11000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       45

Virgin nr St. George              35  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     180

Muddy nr Emery                    25

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  130  San Juan nr Archuleta         e740

Weber nr Echo                    230  Animas nr Durango             e660

Weber at Gateway                 380  San Juan nr Bluff             1500

Provo nr Woodland                120

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           170

Sevier blo Piute Dam             410



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: 

LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR MORE RISES DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY





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



Fontenelle                    6504.1

Flaming Gorge                 6036.9

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                   3691.5



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........ 6200-7000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 560-660

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6000-7200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 700-1700

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3700-4200

Cataract Canyon............. 9400-10200



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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