Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Happy Holidays from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program! Your Basin Bulletin will return in 2016. 

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

Times-Picayune: Second-split ducks plentiful in Louisiana's Coastal Zone
The Advocate: Water, water everywhere - and now a new database will help Louisiana manage its rivers, watersheds and aquifers
The News Star: Teddy bear could be removed from threatened list
Wildlife and Fisheries: LDWF Offering Certification Course for Aquatic Education Instructors
 

Save the Date:

Victorian Christmas at Rip Van Winkle Gardens, Dec 1 - 31 in New Iberia
Christmas on the Cajun Coast, Dec. 1-31in Franklin, Patterson, Berwick and Morgan City
Women Only Overnight Paddle-Camping Trip, Saturday, Jan 3, departing at 9am
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Jan 7 at 10 a.m. at the Capitol Park Welcome Center, 702 River Road North, in Baton Rouge
Wood Duck Nest Box Workshop, Jan 10 in St. Martinville
Help Friends of the Atchafalaya purchase a kayak for the Atchafalaya Swamp Base, through Feb 13

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 12/18/2014

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Ohio 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'
24 hour change: +0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.7' by 12/28

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: 31.1'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.1' by 12/28

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 17.4'
24 hour change -1.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.3' by 12/28

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.5'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 12/28

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: 15.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 12/28

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 11.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.6' by 12/28

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 9.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.9' by 12/28

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 7.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.0' by 12/28

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.7' by 12/28

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.1' by 12/28

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 12/28

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.01'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.15'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.02'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 5.56'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.41'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.03'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 12.52'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.06'

 

    

 

   
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