Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

Latest News:
The Barrie Examiner:  Great American Road Trip, Day 3 
The Daily World: Melville's Atchafalaya Catfish Festival is Back
The Advocate: Fishing Report for October 6

Upcoming Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting:
The next TAG meeting will be on Thursday, October 20th.  More details to come. 

Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System:  
The Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/   

FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:  
 To view the HY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan, go to  www.basin.louisiana.gov.

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.

Data is for 10/06/2011

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: 19.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.5' by 10/10

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: 24.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.7' by 10/10

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: 9.44'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.2' by 10/10

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.11'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.3' by 10/10

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 5.38'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.8' by 10/10

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.38'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4' by 10/10

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 10/10

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.65'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 2.6' by 10/10

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.32'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.5' by 10/10
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.51'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 4.93'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.30'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.38'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 5.62'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.23'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.09'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
NA - Equipment malfunction

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.85'

   
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