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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

800 AM MST December 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 

Wednesday, December 24, 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       2000  Green nr Greendale            3500

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e440

Dolores nr Bedrock                35  Little Snake nr Lily          e240

Dolores nr Cisco                 165  Green at Jensen               4200

Colorado nr Cisco               5400  White nr Watson                780

Cataract Canyon               e11500  Green nr Green R, Ut          5600

Lake Powell Inflow            e12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      240

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      55

Muddy nr Emery                   200

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  115  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    250  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1350

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            15

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days:  Little Change





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



Fontenelle                    6491.7

Flaming Gorge                 6030.2

Crystal                       6743.8

Navajo                        6076.1

Glen Canyon                   3683.5



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5200-6000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 30-40

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

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5400-6200

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-12000



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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