Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:
The Advertiser: Scouts aid in Atchafalaya swampland restoration

 

 

The Advocate: Video: The Children's Hospital Bass Classic  

Post South: Plaquemine Pow Wow set for April 6-7 

Teche Today: 'Top of the Teche' starts at Leonville next Saturday
Louisiana Sportsman: 2013 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest set for March 15-17
 

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 03/05/2013

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: 27.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.0' by 3/09

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: 35.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.9' by 3/09

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 21.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.5' by 3/09

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 6.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.3' by 3/09

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: 17.76'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.3' by 3/09

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 13.13'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.5' by 3/09

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 11.76'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.8' by 3/09

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 9.48'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.1' by 3/09

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.3' by 3/09

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 5.32'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.2' by 3/09

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.05'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 3/09
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.22'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.07'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.37'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.36'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: NA

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.65'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.27'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 13.88'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.61' 

 

 

   
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