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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 1/24/2013

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: 40.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.2' by 1/26
CRESTING

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: 42.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 44.6' by 1/28

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 27.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 29.2' by 1/28

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.6' by 1/28

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: 24.57'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.7' by 1/28

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 18.47'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.9' by 1/28

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 16.12'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 17.6' by 1/28

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 12.32'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.4' by 1/28

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.7' by 1/28

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.04'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.2' by 1/28

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.62'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 1/28
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.00'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.22'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 27.97'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 8.17'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: NA

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.53'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.78'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.97'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.00'