Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System:  
The Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/   

FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:  
 To view the HY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan, go to  www.basin.louisiana.gov.

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.

Data is for 9/8/2011

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi River at Cairo
Location: Southern most 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: 22.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.7' by 9/12

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: 28.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.3' by 9/12

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: 9.95'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.8' by 9/12

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.85'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 9/12

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 6.12'
Forecast: expect to FALL at 4.6' by 9/12

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 5.24'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.9' by 9/12

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12'
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 9/12

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.2' by 9/12

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.73'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 9/12
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.15'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.18'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.49'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.61'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.73'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.79'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.49'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 10.12'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.29'