Inner-tubing, body surfing, belly boating and swimming on Clear Creek have been banned in Jefferson County as fatalities on Colorado’s river continues to climb because of heavy snow run off.

As of Monday, Golden Police Chief Bill Kilpatrick and Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Schrader are restricting water activities on Clear Creek because of swift-moving water and floating debris.

Over the weekend, a seventh person died on a Colorado waterway and an eighth person has been reported missing.

In the latest water tragedies, a Boulder man died after he fell off his paddle board at Buena Vista River Park and was swept downstream in the Arkansas River because of “high, fast-moving water,” authorities said.

Rescuers using a drone searched for David Smith, a 57-year-old Fort Collins man, who went missing Sunday afternoon during a rafting trip on the Poudre River in Larimer County. They called off the search Sunday afternoon and suspended large-scale search operations, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Smith, a 46-year-old man and his 13-year-old son, were using a single-chamber raft at the time of the water accident.

Jefferson County has restricted single-chamber rafts as part of its ban. However, multi-chambered professionally guided rafts are exempt from the ban, the news release said.

The restrictions also do not apply to kayaks, whitewater canoes, river boards and stand-up paddle boards, the news release said.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t safety concerns about all types of river sports, the news release says. Anyone on the river should use Coast Guard-approved life jackets and a water-use helmet, it says.

Clear Creek water flows have consistently measured over 1200 cubic feet per second and are expected to rise as the heavy snow-pack continues to melt in the coming weeks, the news release says. Experts say safety concerns increase for inexperienced swimmers when streams, creeks and rivers exceed 800 CFS.

Violators may be issued a summons for a class 2 petty offense, punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars. These restrictions will be strictly enforced in an effort to minimize the risk to those using the waterway.

These temporary water restrictions will remain in effect until water levels decrease.

Also last week, the body of Roberta Sophia Rodriguez, 38, was found Tuesday in the Rio Grande River after 10 days of searching. The Colorado Springs woman was hiking with her boyfriend along Wolf Creek Pass. She sat down on a rock overlooking the Rio Grande River and apparently tumbled into the south fork of the river.