Green River Streamflows
May 21, 2010
Currently the flows remain in the 1000-2000 cfs range, with the flows being in the 900-1000 cfs in the mornings, and increasing to 2000 cfs in the PM. The May 2010 BOR release to 4600 cfs for 10 days to simulate the spring runoff on the Green prior to the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam will be coming up starting Sunday, May 23, and will increase per the table below (ALL TIMES LOCAL MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME).
Date Time (MDT) Total Release (cfs) 5/23/10 23:00 5/24/10 0:00 5/24/10 1:00 5/24/10 2:00 5/24/10 3:00 5/24/10 23:00 5/25/10 0.00 5/25/10 1:00 5/25/10 2:00 5/25/10 3:00 5/25/10 23:00 5/26/10 0:00 5/26/10 1:00 5/26/10 2:00 5/26/10 3:00 Beginning Thursday, May 27, the flows will begin ramping down 350cfs per day to reach base flows of 800 cfs on Saturday, June 5.
The water temperature is currently at 46 degrees, and is slowly raising as the day temperatures rise.
WATER QUALITY
Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent. Currently:
DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent
LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent
BELOW RED CREEK= Quite stained and currently unfishable; we suggest checking the current status before fishing this section.A NOTE ABOUT RED CREEK: Rain storms or early spring run-off may cause Red Creek (12 miles downstream from the dam) to flow on occasion, it effects depend on how much flow is occurring into the river-just a little, not bad-a lot, cloudy but usually can be fished with streamers. A heavy flow will cause the lower Green River to run completely red at times and be entirely un-fishable.
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There is a proposal by a Colorado developer to divert water 250,000 acre-feet of water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and a point upstream on the Green River in Wyoming. The developer, Million Conservation Resource Group, proposes a 500-mile pipeline which is drawing a lot of protest from Wyoming and Utah government officials and citizens alike. More news to come on this late-breaking story...
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Utah Streamflows (Realtime) USGS streamflows on many Utah rivers, updated continuously. Does not include all trout streams.
Following are some additional links that give streamflows for many rivers in the Rockies. This information can be especially important during spring runoff season. The numbers won't mean much without some reference point, though. For instance, 4500 CFS is a moderate flow on the Big Horn, but 4500 CFS on the Green River is tougher fishing. Calls to local flyshops is your best bet to find out how fishable or unfishable the river is at its current flow.
Montana Streamflows (Realtime) Updated several times daily via satellite to the Internet. Rivers include the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, Flathead, Clarks Fork, Rock Creek, Missouri, Big Hole, Madison, Gallatin, Yellowstone and others. Some streams even include current water temperatures.
Colorado Streamflows (Realtime) This new USGS service is not quite as user-friendly as the Montana Streamflows, but it does recap the entire previous week in addition to latest flows.
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