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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

646 AM MDT October 16, 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 

Thursday, October 16, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7800  Green blo Fontenelle          1550

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale           e2900

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              e980

Dolores nr Bedrock                80  Little Snake nr Lily           320

Dolores nr Cisco                 310  Green at Jensen               4700

Colorado nr Cisco               7400  White nr Watson                920

Cataract Canyon               e15000  Green nr Green R, Ut          7400

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George              70  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            e40  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      70

Muddy nr Emery                     5

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  110  San Juan nr Archuleta          600

Weber nr Echo                    270  Animas nr Durango              820

Weber at Gateway                 350  San Juan nr Bluff             1550

Provo nr Woodland                110

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            25

Sevier blo Piute Dam             e10 



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:  

   LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                    6502.8

Flaming Gorge                 6035.7

Crystal                       6737.9

Navajo                        6076.0

Glen Canyon                   3690.0



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........7400-8000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........60-85

Colorado - nr Cisco.........7000-7600

San Juan - nr Bluff.........1400-1600

Green - nr Green River, Ut..7000-7600

Cataract Canyon.............14000-15500



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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