Lake Roosevelt
Currents and Undercurrents
An Administrative History of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
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APPENDIX G:
Visitor Statistics

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

yearpublished recreational visitsboat launches
1947ca. 36,500
1948
1949
1950ca. 72,200
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955218,800
1956252,600
1957266,900*
1958362,500
1959449,000
1960647,400
1961740,700
1962689,900
1963664,500
1964637,100
1965680,200
1966778,300
1967758,400
1968542,700
1969875,100
1970652,900
1971421,200
1972447,660
1973428,000
1974575,100
1975496,400
1976635,400
1977676,80016,000
1978712,54517,000
1979794,710
1980833,400
1981873,75433,451
1982819,32831,127
1983666,64126,309
1984622,90822,768
1985517,47119,055
1986790,31122,900
19871,067,00131,245
19881,366,30551,371
19891,097,13652,036
19901,542,51560,188
19911,771,42064,008
19921,121,973**74,981
19931,198,60575,102
19941,515,674108,404
19951,341,01695,564
19961,045,45571,541
19971,431,96071,680
19981,545,15072,372
19991,403,79357,114

* In May 1957, the multiplier was changed from 3.5 persons-per-vehicle to 4.0.

** Change in counting procedures, including reducing persons-per-vehicle multiplier from 3.5 to 2.45

Note: New statistical methods were employed in the early 1970s.



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