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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

709 AM MDT September 12, 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, September 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6600  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1350  Green nr Greendale            2100

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell               310

Dolores nr Bedrock               145  Little Snake nr Lily           e40

Dolores nr Cisco                 340  Green at Jensen               2700

Colorado nr Cisco               6400  White nr Watson                640

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          4200

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George             120  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            140  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     110

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  140  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    500  Animas nr Durango              520

Weber at Gateway                 420  San Juan nr Bluff             1900

Provo nr Woodland                105

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            55

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days: 

Little change except local rises near thunderstorms.



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



Fontenelle                    6503.5

Flaming Gorge                 6036.5

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.7

Glen Canyon                   3690.3



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........ 6000-6800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 105-150

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5800-6600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1900-2400

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3900-4300

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-11000



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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