Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
2013-14 Migratory Game Bird Regulations Pamphlet Now Available on L.D.W.F.'s Website

Teche Today: Registration for Tour du Teche closes Friday

The Advocate: Tides more important these days

American Fisheries Society: Resource Partitioning Within the Centrarchid Assemblage of the Atchafalaya River Floodway System, Louisiana, Based On Stomach Content and Stable Isotope Analyses 

 
Save the Date
National Hunting & Fishing Day Outdoor Festival September 28, 2013
Iberville Swamp Life Expo on October 5, 2013
11th Annual Atchafalaya Catfish Festival on October 10 - 12, 2013, Melville, LA

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Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!

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 9/12/2013

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: 10.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 9/16

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: 22.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.8' by 9/16

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 8.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.4' by 9/16

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 9/16

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: 7.76'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.6' by 9/16

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 9/16

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.29'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 9/16

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.74'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.3' by 9/16

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL 2.5' by 9/16

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.91'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 9/16

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.69'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 9/16
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.66'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.03'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.45'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.24'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.95'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.44'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.55'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.29'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.32'

 

 

   
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