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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

747 AM MST January 23, 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 23, 1998. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4600  Green blo Fontenelle         e1400

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1500  Green nr Greendale           e2300

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e450

Dolores nr Bedrock                35  Little Snake nr Lily          e200

Dolores nr Cisco                 100  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson               e400

Cataract Canyon                e8400  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow             e9800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut        M

Virgin nr St. George             145  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      70

Muddy nr Emery                    70

Colorado at Lees Ferry         18500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   65  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                    190  Animas nr Durango              200

Weber at Gateway                 350  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                 95

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam        near dry



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: little change



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



Fontenelle                    6484.4

Flaming Gorge                 6028.5

Crystal                       6744.0

Navajo                        6074.3

Glen Canyon                   3680.2



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........ 4400-4800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 30-50

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4100-4400

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1100-1350

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3300-3700

Cataract Canyon............. 7600-8600



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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