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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

657 AM MDT October 17, 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 

Friday, October 17, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           8000  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           310

Dolores nr Cisco                 310  Green at Jensen               4700

Colorado nr Cisco               7400  White nr Watson                900

Cataract Canyon               e14500  Green nr Green R, Ut          7400

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       75

Virgin nr St. George              35  Escalante nr Escalante           5

Virgin nr Littlefield            e40  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      70

Muddy nr Emery                     5

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  105  San Juan nr Archuleta          600

Weber nr Echo                    270  Animas nr Durango              780

Weber at Gateway                 340  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                    6502.7

Flaming Gorge                 6035.6

Crystal                       6736.3

Navajo                        6076.1

Glen Canyon                   3689.9



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 7600 -  8400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........   75 -    85

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 7000 -  7500

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1400 -  1700

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

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