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Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

The Advocate: Deer tagging reporting lags
 KATC: Louisiana sugarcane lesson plan available from ASCL
 The Advertiser: Cajun history recalled in 'Attakapas'
The Advertiser: Sweet dough pie with a slice of history
 

Save the Date:

Indian Mounds Along Bayou Teche, a presentation celebrating Archaeology Month, Oct. 14 at 6 pm at the Jeanerette Musuem
Teche Fest, Oct. 17 from 10 am to 6 pm in Breaux Bridge
International Acadian Festival, Oct. 16 - 18 at Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park
Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade, Oct. 18 from 10 am to 6 pm at Vermilionville
Experience Louisiana Festival, Oct. 17 - 18 at the LSU-Eunice campus
Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade, Oct 18 from 10 am to 4 pm beginning in Vermilionville and ending at the Camelia Bridge Launch
Cinema Française, Oct. 22 at 7 pm at the NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville
Guided Canoe Tour in Chicot, Oct. 24 from 2 - 4 pm at Chicot State Park in Ville Platt
Sweet Dough Pie Festival, Oct. 24 from 9 am - 3 pm at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau
Swamp Haunted Hikes, Oct. 16, 23, and 30 at BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge
6th Annual Fall Festival & Gumbo Cookoff, Oct. 31 from 11 am - 5 pm at the Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park
Grand Réveil - Women Crafting Our Culture, Oct. 3 - 31 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center in Opelousas
Creole Mourning Customs, Oct 24 - Nov 1 at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge
Louisiana Cajun Mud Challenge, Nov. 7 at Mud Bugz Mud Park, 1099 Lake Martin Rd., in Lafayette
Longfellow-Evangeline Historic Site Tours, daily Wed - Sun from 9 am - 5 pm.

 

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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 10/13/2015

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: 12.5'
24 hour change: unavailable
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.6' by 10/18

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: 23.2'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.5' by 10/18

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 9.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.4' by 10/18

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.4'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.4' through 10/18

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: 7.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.7' by 10/18

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.6' by 10/18

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 4.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 10/18

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 3.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 10/18

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.1'
Forecast: unavailable

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.7' by 10/18

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 10/18

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
8.81'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.09'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.36'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.54'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.23'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.78'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.60'

 

 

   
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