Recreational Report for May 20, 2000
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RVRSLC
River Recreational Statement
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City Utah
1212 PM MDT May 20, 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
Saturday, May 20, 2000. Please note that all data are provisional.
-Colorado Basin- -Green River Basin-
Colorado at Westwater 8200 Green blo Fontenelle 1450
Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun 2700 Green blo Flaming Gorge 3200
Dolores blo Mcphee 720 Yampa at Maybell 3700
Dolores nr Bedrock 800 Little Snake nr Lily 1700
Dolores nr Cisco 1400 Green at Jensen 9400
Colorado nr Cisco 8800 White nr Watson 1050
Cataract Canyon e17500 Green nr Green R, Ut e8000
Lake Powell Inflow e21500 San Rafael nr Green R, Ut 30
Virgin nr St. George 135 Escalante nr Escalante 0
Virgin nr Littlefield 130 Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val M
Muddy nr Emery 65
Colorado at Lees Ferry 17000
-Great Basin- -San Juan Basin-
Weber nr Oakley 400 San Juan nr Archuleta 500
Weber nr Echo 230 Animas nr Durango 1050
Weber at Gateway 270 San Juan nr Bluff 1600
Provo nr Woodland 740
Ogden blo Pineview Dam 120
Sevier blo Piute Dam 170
Trend for the next 2 days will be for relatively stable conditions
in all basins.
Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Saturday thru Monday:
Colorado - Westwater........ 7800-8600
Colorado - nr Cisco......... 8000-9000
San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1250-1600
Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 7800-9600
Cataract Canyon............. 16000-17500
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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