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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

734 AM MST January 17, 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 

Saturday, January 17, 1998. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5000  Green blo Fontenelle         e1700

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1500  Green nr Greendale            2200

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e440

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily          e220

Dolores nr Cisco                 140  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               4500  White nr Watson               e560

Cataract Canyon                e8800  Green nr Green R, Ut          4000

Lake Powell Inflow            e10500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George             115  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   70  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                    120  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                 260  San Juan nr Bluff             1250

Provo nr Woodland                 95

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam         Near  0 



Trend for the next 2 days: Fluctuating near present levels





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



Fontenelle                    6485.9

Flaming Gorge                 6028.7

Crystal                       6742.9

Navajo                             M

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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 4800-5300

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-60

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4400-4800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1200-1400

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3600-4200

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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