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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

733 AM MDT October 12, 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 

Sunday, October 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           8000  Green blo Fontenelle          1500

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale           e2900

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              1100

Dolores nr Bedrock                85  Little Snake nr Lily           330

Dolores nr Cisco                 370  Green at Jensen               4400

Colorado nr Cisco               7400  White nr Watson                940

Cataract Canyon               e15000  Green nr Green R, Ut          7400

Lake Powell Inflow            e17000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       60

Virgin nr St. George              55  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield            e50  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      65

Muddy nr Emery                near 0

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  110  San Juan nr Archuleta          600

Weber nr Echo                   e300  Animas nr Durango             1100

Weber at Gateway                 400  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                110

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            25

Sevier blo Piute Dam              10



Trend for the next 2 days in all of the basins:

  LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE RISES DUE TO SHOWERS





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      M

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        M



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 Sunday thru Tuesday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 7600-8000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 70-150

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7200-7600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 7200-7500

Cataract Canyon............. 14000-15000



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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