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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

635 AM MDT October 08, 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, October 08, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7800  Green blo Fontenelle          1500

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale           e2900

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell               940

Dolores nr Bedrock               270  Little Snake nr Lily           310

Dolores nr Cisco                 420  Green at Jensen               4700

Colorado nr Cisco               7600  White nr Watson                920

Cataract Canyon               e14000  Green nr Green R, Ut          8600

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      170

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield           e130  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      45

Muddy nr Emery                    10

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17000



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

Slowly falling Dolores, fluctuating   Fluctuating near present levels

near present levels elsewhere       



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  115  San Juan nr Archuleta          580

Weber nr Echo                    310  Animas nr Durango              660

Weber at Gateway                 360  San Juan nr Bluff             2700

Provo nr Woodland                110

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            15

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



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

Fluctuating near present levels       Slowly falling lower San Juan



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



Fontenelle                    6503.6

Flaming Gorge                 6036.1

Crystal                       6749.1

Navajo                        6074.9

Glen Canyon                   3690.3



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........ 7600-8600

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 150-290

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7400-8600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2000-2900

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 7800-9200

Cataract Canyon............. 13500-16000



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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