Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

The Wild Side: Easter best celebrated joyfully Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
The Advocate: A new frontier for Boy Scouts

     
The Advocate: The Wild Side: Easter best celebrated joyfully
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Commission Meeting at 9:30 am Thursday April 4 at the Waddill Outdoor Education Center
Tourism Week at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center May 7-9

Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!

Checking the water:
The information below is obtained from the USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has been compiled by DNR into this format to allow a quick look at information pertinent to the Atchafalaya Basin. Click here for current weather conditions and water levels.

Data is for 4/2/2013

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi River at Cairo
Location: Southernmost gauge on the Ohio River in Illinois Reading significance - used to forecast rises on the Mississippi. Lag time, 4 to 6 days.
Flood Stage: 40'
Stage: 30.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.2' by 4/6

Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing
Reading: Mississippi River south of ORCS, after the diversion into the Atchafalaya
Flood Stage: 48'
Stage: 44.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 40.2' by 4/6

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 29.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.0' by 4/6

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 11.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.4' by 4/6

Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport
Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 25.87'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.0' by 4/6

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 19.51'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.0' by 4/6

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 17.44'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.3' by 4/6

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 12.68'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.8' by 4/6

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 4/6

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.37'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.2' by 4.6

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 4/6
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.85'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.64'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.06'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 9.07'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 10.99'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 5.05'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.43'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 15.63'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.05'

 

   
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