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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 10/1/2013

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: 11.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.1' by 10/5

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: 17.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.4' by 10/5

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.4' by 10/5

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.5' by 10/5

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: 6.21'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.4' by 10/5

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 4.06'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 10/5

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 3.59'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.5' by 10/5

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.34'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.2' by 10/5

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.2' by 10/5

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.72'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 10/5

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.76'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 10/5
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.60'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.60'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.33'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.09'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.73'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.45'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.15'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.07'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.94'