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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

958 AM MST January 16, 1998



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, January 16, 1998. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5000  Green blo Fontenelle         e1750

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1500  Green nr Greendale            2200

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e430

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily          e220

Dolores nr Cisco                 170  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson               e520

Cataract Canyon                e8800  Green nr Green R, Ut          4200

Lake Powell Inflow            e10500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      115

Virgin nr St. George             140  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         18500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   70  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                     70  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 240  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                 90

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               5



Trend for the next 2 days, all areas:

Little change.



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



Fontenelle                    6485.9

Flaming Gorge                 6028.7

Crystal                       6742.9

Navajo                        6074.7

Glen Canyon                   3680.8



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........ 4800-5100

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-80

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4400-4700

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1150-1350

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3900-4300

Cataract Canyon............. 8400-9000



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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