Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

Times-Picayune: Louisiana accepting bids to hunt alligators on public land
Plaquemine Post South: Iberville Museum to bring Atchafalaya Basin to Plaquemine
Louisiana Sportsman: Ten feet high and fallin' - Best Atchafalaya Basin sac-a-lait tips
LDWF: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Free Recreational Fishing Days Set for June 11-12
Houma Today: Bayou Black, Gibson levees could total $6.5 million
Al.com: Tiny golden warblers travel from South America to Alabama's swamps

 
Save the Date:
Crawfish Festival, May 6 - 8 at Parc Hardy in Breaux Bridge
National Tourism and Travel Week May 1 - May 7
Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge from May 6-8
Dutch oven cooking demonstration in St. Martinville on May 7
Conversations in French around the Coffee Pot in St. Martinville on May 14
Chitimacha Tour du Teche Paddle Race from New Iberia to Charenton on May 14
French Immersion Excursion (paddling) May 14
2016 Bayou Vermilion Festival and Boat Parade on May 15
Basinkeeper Paddle Trip at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park on May 15
2nd Annual Reduce, Reuse, Re-paddle Craft Race on May 15
Angela Gregory from Paris to Port Allen exhibit at the West Baton Rouge Museum from April 2-June 12

 

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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 5/6/2016

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: 34.6'
24 hour change: +0.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 34.9' by 5/11

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: 44.4'
24 hour change: +0.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 47.0' by 5/11

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 27.9'
24 hour change: +0.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 30.5' by 5/11

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.2'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.0' by 5/11

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: 25.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.8' by 5/11

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 19.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.3' by 5/11

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 17.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.9' by 5/11

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 13.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.7' by 5/11

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.4' by 5/11

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.7' by 5/11

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.5' by 5/11

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.68'

Fore Bay at Morganza Floodway Temporary Gage
Stage: 38.68'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.81'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.37'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.36'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.34'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.47'

 

 

   
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