Recreational Report for May 24, 2000
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RVRSLC
River Recreational Statement
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City Utah
704 AM MDT May 24, 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
Wednesday, May 24, 2000. Please note that all data are provisional.
-Colorado Basin- -Green River Basin-
Colorado at Westwater 10500 Green blo Fontenelle 1500
Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun 2400 Green blo Flaming Gorge 4600
Dolores blo Mcphee 300 Yampa at Maybell e6000
Dolores nr Bedrock 560 Little Snake nr Lily 1400
Dolores nr Cisco 1550 Green at Jensen 9800
Colorado nr Cisco 10000 White nr Watson 1150
Cataract Canyon e19000 Green nr Green R, Ut e9400
Lake Powell Inflow e21000 San Rafael nr Green R, Ut 30
Virgin nr St. George 45 Escalante nr Escalante near dry
Virgin nr Littlefield 70 Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val M
Muddy nr Emery 80
Colorado at Lees Ferry 19000
-Great Basin- -San Juan Basin-
Weber nr Oakley 1300 San Juan nr Archuleta e490
Weber nr Echo 280 Animas nr Durango 3900
Weber at Gateway 300 San Juan nr Bluff 1300
Provo nr Woodland 1900
Ogden blo Pineview Dam 110
Sevier blo Piute Dam 200
Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: flows generally rising or fluctuating
around current levels
Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Wednesday thru Friday:
Colorado - Westwater........ 10000-16000
Colorado - nr Cisco......... 9500-14000
San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1200-3000
Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 9000-10500
Cataract Canyon............. 18000-20500
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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