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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

754 AM MST December 19, 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, December 19, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5800  Green blo Fontenelle          1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1900  Green nr Greendale            3500

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              e430

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 150  Green at Jensen               4400

Colorado nr Cisco               5200  White nr Watson                720

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          5200

Lake Powell Inflow            e11500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      115

Virgin nr St. George             105  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                   240

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   75  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    220  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                 85

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:

     LITTLE CHANGE 





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



Fontenelle                    6492.7

Flaming Gorge                 6030.6

Crystal                       6745.5

Navajo                        6076.4

Glen Canyon                   3684.0



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5600-6200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-90

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5000-5600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1300-1500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4800-5500

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-11000



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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