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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

823 AM MDT October 24, 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 24, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7000  Green blo Fontenelle          1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale           e2900

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              1050

Dolores nr Bedrock                75  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 300  Green at Jensen               4600

Colorado nr Cisco               6400  White nr Watson                820

Cataract Canyon               e13500  Green nr Green R, Ut          6600

Lake Powell Inflow            e15500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George              30  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            125  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      85

Muddy nr Emery                     5

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  105  San Juan nr Archuleta          620

Weber nr Echo                    e50  Animas nr Durango              600

Weber at Gateway                 180  San Juan nr Bluff             1150

Provo nr Woodland                105

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            15

Sevier blo Piute Dam            e110  



Trend for the next 2 days for all basins is little change.





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                   6036.1

Crystal                            M

Navajo                          6076.5

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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 6600-7200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 70-80

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6200-6800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1100-1250

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5800-6800

Cataract Canyon............. 12500-14000



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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