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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

749 AM MDT September 19, 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 19, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7000  Green blo Fontenelle          1450

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1350  Green nr Greendale            2100

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell               560

Dolores nr Bedrock               110  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 450  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               6800  White nr Watson               1400

Cataract Canyon               e11500  Green nr Green R, Ut          6000

Lake Powell Inflow            e14000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      145

Virgin nr St. George             410  Escalante nr Escalante          30

Virgin nr Littlefield            230  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     170

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  160  San Juan nr Archuleta          580

Weber nr Echo                    400  Animas nr Durango              830

Weber at Gateway                 450  San Juan nr Bluff             2000

Provo nr Woodland                155

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            15

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days:  Rise on Little Snake and Yampa.  Possible rises

on other rivers due to rain.





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



Fontenelle                    6503.9

Flaming Gorge                 6036.2

Crystal                            M

Navajo                        6069.8

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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 6200-7200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 90-120

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6000-7000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1600-2100

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5800-7000

Cataract Canyon............. 11000-13000



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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