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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

723 AM MDT September 13, 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, September 13, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6400  Green blo Fontenelle          1450

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1350  Green nr Greendale           e2100

Dolores blo Mcphee               100  Yampa at Maybell               310

Dolores nr Bedrock                95  Little Snake nr Lily           e45

Dolores nr Cisco                 310  Green at Jensen               2500

Colorado nr Cisco               6200  White nr Watson                620

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          4200

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       75

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         17000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  130  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    500  Animas nr Durango              680

Weber at Gateway                 450  San Juan nr Bluff             2300

Provo nr Woodland                 95

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            45

Sevier blo Piute Dam            e165



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: 

LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE SHARP RISES DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY





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



Fontenelle                    6503.6

Flaming Gorge                 6036.5

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                   3690.2



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........ 6000-6800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 75-100

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

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1500-2000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4000-4400

Cataract Canyon............. 9500-11000



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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