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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

822 AM MDT August 31, 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 31, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6000  Green blo Fontenelle          1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale        est 1800

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               400

Dolores nr Bedrock               150  Little Snake nr Lily            70

Dolores nr Cisco                 280  Green at Jensen               2500

Colorado nr Cisco               5600  White nr Watson                720

Cataract Canyon             est 9600  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow         est 12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       25

Virgin nr St. George              35  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             70  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     195

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry          7800





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  125  San Juan nr Archuleta      est 540

Weber nr Echo                    660  Animas nr Durango          est 560

Weber at Gateway                 410  San Juan nr Bluff             1150

Provo nr Woodland                120

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           175

Sevier blo Piute Dam             440



Trend for the next 2 days in all basins will be for steady streamflow 

   conditions except for intermittent rises caused by upstream thunderstorms

   which are forecast for the next 2-3 days, throughout the Colorado and 

   eastern Great Basin area.  These rises can be especially rapid and severe

   on smaller streams.



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



Fontenelle                  est 6504

Flaming Gorge               est 6037

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                      est 6070

Glen Canyon                 est 3691



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........ 5600-6200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 140-155

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5200-5800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1250

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3500-3900

Cataract Canyon............. 9200-9800



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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