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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

733 AM MST December 27, 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 

Saturday, December 27, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater      est  5600  Green blo Fontenelle      est 1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2000  Green nr Greendale            3100

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell          est  400

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily      est  200

Dolores nr Cisco                 125  Green at Jensen               3700

Colorado nr Cisco               5200  White nr Watson                600

Cataract Canyon            est 11000  Green nr Green R, Ut          5400

Lake Powell Inflow         est 12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       85

Virgin nr St. George              85  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                   105

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  230  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    240  Animas nr Durango              210

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1350

Provo nr Woodland                 65

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                         M

Flaming Gorge                      6029.8

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        3682.9



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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5200-5800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 30-120

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4800-5400

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1250-1450

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5000-6200

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-11500



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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