Greetings from the  Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

Events for Atchafalaya Month

Dredging work at Dog Leg Canal to help freshwater flow

The Advocate: Macaluso: Major front should alter conditions

NOLA: Slow-moving Atchafalaya River beats Mississippi at building wetlands, new study confirms

Reminder:

FY 2012-2013 Annual Plan:

The FY 2012-2013 plan has been approved by the legislature and has been filed with the Secretary of State. 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 10/25/2012

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: 9.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.3' by 10/29

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: 14.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.6' by 10/29

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 4.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 10/29

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.2' by 10/29

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: 4.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 10/29

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 2.97'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.6' by 10/29

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 1.95'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 10/29

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 2.84'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.9' by 10/29

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.2' by 10/29

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.22'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 10/29

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.46'
Forecast: expect to FALL at 2.0' by 10/29
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.17'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.29'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.38'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 2.69'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 4.35'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.25'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.13'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 8.68'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.77'