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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

725 AM MDT October 04, 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 

Saturday, October 04, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          e8400  Green blo Fontenelle          1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale            4000

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              1600

Dolores nr Bedrock               220  Little Snake nr Lily           300

Dolores nr Cisco                 520  Green at Jensen               3700

Colorado nr Cisco               8000  White nr Watson               1000

Cataract Canyon               e14500  Green nr Green R, Ut          6600

Lake Powell Inflow            e18000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George             390  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            520  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     100

Muddy nr Emery                    15

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17500



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

Slight rise on the Colorado Mainstem  Fluctuating near present levels

near Cisco, otherwise little change



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  110  San Juan nr Archuleta          580

Weber nr Echo                    340  Animas nr Durango              900

Weber at Gateway                 370  San Juan nr Bluff             2100

Provo nr Woodland                105

Ogden blo Pineview Dam             M

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



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

Fluctuating near present levels       Slowly falling on the lower San Juan

                                      otherwise little change



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



Fontenelle                    6503.9

Flaming Gorge                 6036.4

Crystal                       6747.7

Navajo                             M

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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 8000-8800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 110-195

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7800-9200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1400-2050

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5900-6900

Cataract Canyon............. 13500-15500



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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