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Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program
LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:
FY2012-2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:
The FY 2012-2013 plan has been approved by the legislature and has been sent to the Secretary of State to be filed. To view the FY 2012-2013 Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan, please go to: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/OCM/ABP/Jan2312FINAL2013plan.pdf
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/
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 5/31/2012
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: 14.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.2' by 6/04
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: 27.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.3' by 6/04
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: 9.82'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.6' by 6/04
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.61'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.0' by 6/04
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 5.98'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.4' by 6/04
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.72'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 6/04
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.7' by 6/04
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.68'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 6/04
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.37'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 1.5' by 6/04
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.50'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.03'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.42'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.25'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.46'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.79'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.09'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.98'
Beau Bayou Swamp
Stage: 11.06'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.82
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