Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
CWPPRA Newsflash: Animal Planet Highlights the Atchafalaya

The Advocate: The three nickels
WAFB: Utility trailer requirements in Louisiana
The Advocate: Rivers fall, bait rises on east side

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

LDWF Commission Meeting scheduled for 9:30 AM on Thursday, August 1, 2013
Public meetings set to discuss Louisiana's black bear population to be held Monday, Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Morganza, and on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Franklin. Click here for more information.

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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 8/1/2013

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: 21.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.0' by 8/5

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: 37.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.0' by 8/5

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 22.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.3' by 8/5

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.6' by 8/5

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: 17.62'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.8' by 8/5

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 13.02'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.9' by 8/5

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 11.61'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.1' by 8/5

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 9.28'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.4' by 8/5

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL 4.8' by 8/5

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.21'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.2' by 8/5

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.59'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 8/5
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.54'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.84'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.32'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.79'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 9.74'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.81'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.58'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.14'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.50'

 

   
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