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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

652 AM MDT September 23, 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 23, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           9800  Green blo Fontenelle          1550

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun        660  Green nr Greendale            2000

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell              3800

Dolores nr Bedrock               155  Little Snake nr Lily          e500

Dolores nr Cisco                 720  Green at Jensen               8800

Colorado nr Cisco               9800  White nr Watson               3300

Cataract Canyon               e22000  Green nr Green R, Ut          8800

Lake Powell Inflow            e17000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      170

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield            155  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     170

Muddy nr Emery                    15

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17000



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

LITTLE CHANGE TO SLOWLY FALLING       RISING ON THE MAINSTEM;

EXCEPT LAKE POWELL INFLOW RISING      FALLING IN THE HEADWATERS



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  130  San Juan nr Archuleta          580

Weber nr Echo                    320  Animas nr Durango             2800

Weber at Gateway                 420  San Juan nr Bluff             8600

Provo nr Woodland                115

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            20

Sevier blo Piute Dam              20



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

LITTLE CHANGE                         SLOWLY FALLING



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



Fontenelle                    6504.0

Flaming Gorge                 6036.2

Crystal                       6747.8

Navajo                        6070.9

Glen Canyon                   3689.8



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........ 8000-10000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 130-160

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 8000-10000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 4600-8600

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 8800-12000

Cataract Canyon............. 18000-22000



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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