Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

**FY2016 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan is up for approval by the Louisiana House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 22**
Scouting Magazine: Go inside Louisiana's popular Swamp Base
Louisiana Sportsman: Best Atchafalaya Basin fishing tactics for chinquapin and bream
The Advocate: Macaluso: Weather dealing us bad hand
KATC: Wooden Boat Show set for this weekend canceled due to weather
 

Save the Date:

Louisiana Earth Day, come meet your Atchafalaya Basin Program staff at the Wetlands Tent this Sunday, April 19 from 12-5 pm in downtown Baton Rouge!
Washington Catfish Festival, April 16- 19 at 143 Veterans Memorial Highway in Washington
Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival, April 17 - 19 in downtown Franklin
Top of the Teche, 7.7-mile canoe race from Leonville to Arnaudville, April 18
Cajun Classique, 5-day wooden boat cruise down Bayou Teche, April 13th to 19th
Earth Day & Festival Kick-Off Paddle at Lake Martin, April 22 at Lake Martin in Breaux Bridge
Azalea Trail, April 1- 30 in New Iberia
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, May 1-3
Iberia Parish Day, May 5 from 10 am - 2 pm at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center
Creole Okra Festival, May 14-16 at 203 N. New Market Street in St. Martinville
Alligators: Dragons in Paradise, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History TREX program. March 7 through June 6 at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge

 

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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 4/16/2015

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: 42.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 43.3' by 4/21

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: 48.6'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 49.3' by 4/21

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 31.8'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 32.5' by 4/21

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 12.2'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.3' by 4/21

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: 28.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 30.1' by 4/21

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 22.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.6' by 4/21

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 19.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.2' by 4/21

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 14.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.7' by 4/21

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.3' by 4/21

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.2 by 4/21

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.7' by 4/21

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 14.09'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.34'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 24.32'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.42'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 12.77'

Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 17.81

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 12.46'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.53'

 

 

    

   
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