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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 03/28/2013

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: 38.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.9' by 4/1

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: 43.6'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 43.6' by 4/1

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 28.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.3' by 4/1

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.3'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 10.3' by 4/1

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: 24.97'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.1' by 4/1

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 18.66'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.9' by 4/1

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 16.68'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.9' by 4/1

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 12.12'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 12.1' by 4/1

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.4' by 4/1

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.91'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 6.9' by 4.1

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.48'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 3.4' by 4/1
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.33'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.79'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.41'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 8.47'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 10.33'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.49'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.23'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.61'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.85'