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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

736 AM MST February 26, 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 

Thursday, February 26, 1998. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4900  Green blo Fontenelle          1300

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1450  Green nr Greendale            2300

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e360

Dolores nr Bedrock                45  Little Snake nr Lily          e180

Dolores nr Cisco                 130  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               4800  White nr Watson               e280

Cataract Canyon                e9000  Green nr Green R, Ut         e4300

Lake Powell Inflow            e10000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      140

Virgin nr St. George             470  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            340  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      55

Muddy nr Emery                     M

Colorado at Lees Ferry         18000



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

SLOWLY FALLING ON THE VIRGIN R.          LITTLE CHANGE

LITTLE CHANGE ELSEWHERE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   65  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                    350  Animas nr Durango              195

Weber at Gateway                 520  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam             270



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6474.9

Flaming Gorge                 6027.6

Crystal                       6752.3

Navajo                        6071.3

Glen Canyon                   3676.1



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 4600-5100

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-55

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4500-5000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1100-1450

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4100-4400

Cataract Canyon............. 8700-9400



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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