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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

639 AM MDT September 17, 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, September 17, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7200  Green blo Fontenelle          1450

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1350  Green nr Greendale            2100

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell               390

Dolores nr Bedrock               170  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 760  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               7400  White nr Watson                620

Cataract Canyon               e11000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4500

Lake Powell Inflow            e13500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       90

Virgin nr St. George             260  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            340  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     170

Muddy nr Emery                    15

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  130  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    430  Animas nr Durango             1250

Weber at Gateway                 490  San Juan nr Bluff             3700

Provo nr Woodland                105

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days:  Little change except for possible sharp rises

                            due to thunderstorms





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                 6036.2

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                             M

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 Wednesday thru Friday:



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

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 120-175

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6600-7600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2000-4500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4300-4800

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-12000



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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