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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

759 AM MST November 18, 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 

Tuesday, November 18, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5600  Green blo Fontenelle          1400

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1850  Green nr Greendale           e3400

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               600

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily           260

Dolores nr Cisco                 190  Green at Jensen               4200

Colorado nr Cisco              e5200  White nr Watson                300

Cataract Canyon               e12000  Green nr Green R, Ut          6200

Lake Powell Inflow            e14000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       75

Virgin nr St. George             150  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      35

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         17500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   85  San Juan nr Archuleta          600

Weber nr Echo                     50  Animas nr Durango              320

Weber at Gateway                 145  San Juan nr Bluff             1200

Provo nr Woodland                100

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            25

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days will be steady streamflow conditions.



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



Fontenelle                    6498.6

Flaming Gorge                 6033.5

Crystal                       6740.6

Navajo                        6077.3

Glen Canyon                   3687.1



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5400-6200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 55-65

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5000-5800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1250

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5600-6200

Cataract Canyon............. 10500-12500



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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