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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 7/30/2013

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: 24.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.0' by 8/3

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: 40.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 32.6' by 8/3

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 25.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.1' by 8/3

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 9.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.9' by 8/3

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: 22.15'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.5' by 8/3

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 16.54'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.2' by 8/3

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 14.71'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 8/3

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 11.04'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.3' by 8/3

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL 4.9' by 8/3

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.04'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.5' by 8/3

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.77'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.3' by 8/3
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.73'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.07'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.34'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 8.42'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 10.29'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.96'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.29'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.84'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.94'