Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: Prayers answered during 1927 flooding 

 

 

Backpacker Magazine: Swamp Thing: Atchafalaya Basin, LA
LA Sportsman: DU hires longtime LDWF biologist to oversee conservation programs in Louisiana
Teche Today: Youth Paddle Clubs forming  
The Daily Iberian: Festival features Spanish heritage
 

Save the Date

Megan's Guitar and Other Poems Book Signing - November 19th - Pierre Part branch of the Assumption Parish Library 

Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting - November 20, 2013

Cinema Francais November 20th in Arnaudville, LA
47th Annual Fall Pow Wow, November 23-24, 2013
Bushman Craft Interactive Demonstrations, November 23 in St. Martinville, LA

Decmber 7th - 9th Annual Le Feu et L'Eau (Fire and Water) Festival

Send in your Basin Pics!

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 11/19/2013

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: 14.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.8' by 11/23

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: 21.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.1' by 11/23

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 8.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.8' by 11/23

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.5'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 3.5' by 11/23

 

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: 7.27'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.8' by 11/23

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 4.91'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.6' by 11/23

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.01'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.7' by 11/23

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.65'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 11/23

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.9' by 11/23

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.66'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3' by 11/23

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.19'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.9' by 11/23
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.85'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.96'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.18'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.15'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.16'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.59'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.05'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.37'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.83'

   
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