Recreational Report for May 11, 2000
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RVRSLC
River Recreational Statement
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City Utah
740 AM MDT May 11, 2000
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, selecting Forecasts/Products and then Daily
Recreational River Report.
This morning's river flows in cubic feet per second for
Thursday, May 11, 2000. Please note that all data are provisional.
-Colorado Basin- -Green River Basin-
Colorado at Westwater 11000 Green blo Fontenelle 1650
Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun 1050 Green blo Flaming Gorge e1850
Dolores blo Mcphee 800 Yampa at Maybell 6200
Dolores nr Bedrock 860 Little Snake nr Lily 1550
Dolores nr Cisco 2000 Green at Jensen 9200
Colorado nr Cisco 12500 White nr Watson 1450
Cataract Canyon e27500 Green nr Green R, Ut e13000
Lake Powell Inflow e27000 San Rafael nr Green R, Ut 55
Virgin nr St. George 110 Escalante nr Escalante 0
Virgin nr Littlefield 145 Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val M
Muddy nr Emery 90
Colorado at Lees Ferry 17000
Trend for the next 2 days: Trend for the next 2 days:
-Great Basin- -San Juan Basin-
Weber nr Oakley 440 San Juan nr Archuleta 460
Weber nr Echo 85 Animas nr Durango 2400
Weber at Gateway 230 San Juan nr Bluff 3000
Provo nr Woodland 800
Ogden blo Pineview Dam 110
Sevier blo Piute Dam 330
Trend for the next 2 days:
Steady to decreasing flows in except in headwater, high elevation basins.
Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:
Colorado - Westwater........ 9500-11500
Colorado - nr Cisco......... 10000-12500
San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2100-3100
Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 11000-13500
Cataract Canyon............. 24500-28000
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
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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