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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

720 AM MDT September 30, 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 30, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           8200  Green blo Fontenelle          1550

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale            2100

Dolores blo Mcphee                85  Yampa at Maybell              1300

Dolores nr Bedrock                95  Little Snake nr Lily           330

Dolores nr Cisco                 400  Green at Jensen               4700

Colorado nr Cisco               7800  White nr Watson               1150

Cataract Canyon               e17000  Green nr Green R, Ut          8200

Lake Powell Inflow            e21500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      105

Virgin nr St. George             165  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            160  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     155

Muddy nr Emery                    15

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  110  San Juan nr Archuleta          580

Weber nr Echo                    310  Animas nr Durango             1050

Weber at Gateway                 390  San Juan nr Bluff             2300

Provo nr Woodland                105

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            25

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days in all basins will be for relatively little change

   in streamflows; except for streams affected by recent rainflooding, where

   streamflows will be declining. 



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



Fontenelle                    6504.2

Flaming Gorge                 6036.4

Crystal                       6748.3

Navajo                        6074.2

Glen Canyon                   3690.4



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........ 7600-8400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 90-100

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7200-7800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1900-2250

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 6600-8200

Cataract Canyon............. 15000-17500



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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