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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

736 AM MDT September 16, 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 

Tuesday, September 16, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6800  Green blo Fontenelle          1450

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1350  Green nr Greendale            2100

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell               370

Dolores nr Bedrock               550  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 460  Green at Jensen               2600

Colorado nr Cisco               6400  White nr Watson                620

Cataract Canyon               e11000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4400

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      195

Virgin nr St. George            1400  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield           1600  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     110

Muddy nr Emery                    25

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  150  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    490  Animas nr Durango              970

Weber at Gateway                 460  San Juan nr Bluff             7000

Provo nr Woodland                110

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            25

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days:  Falling on the Dolores, Virgin, and San Juan.  

However, additional thunderstorms could again cause sharp rises in rivers.





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



Fontenelle                    6503.7

Flaming Gorge                 6036.3

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.7

Glen Canyon                   3690.0



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 6600-7400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 100-550

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6000-7800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 3000-8000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4200-4500

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-11500



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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