Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:
LA DNR: Bayou Sorrel boat launch improvements begin in Iberville Parish
LA Sportsman: LDWF reminder: hunter education course required for everyone born on or after Sept. 1, 1969
Daily Comet: His dream: to preserve Cajun heritage
Save the Date
Friends of the Atchafalaya meeting is scheduled for October 22
Blackpot Festival & Cookoff - October 25-26
ABP Research and Promotion Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2013 from 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts 4th Annual Basin Sweep - November 2, 2013. Click here to register
Atchafalaya Basin Festival to be held Saturday, November 9th
ABP Public Meetings - All meetings will begin at 6:00 pm.  The public is welcome to attend and provide comments on the regarding projects proposed for inclusion in the FY2015 Annual Basin Plan. Tuesday, November 12th in St. Mary Parish location TBD Wednesday, November 13th in St. Martin Parish  Thursday, November 14th in Iberville Parsh

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 10/22/2013

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: 9.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.6' by 10/26

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: 19.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.9' by 10/26

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 8.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.6' by 10/26

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 10/26

 
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: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 10/26

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 4.28'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.7' by 10/26

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 3.67'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 10/26

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.43'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 10/26

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 10/21

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.83'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.6' by 10/21

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.25'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.5' by 10/21
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.73'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.48'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.03'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.10'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.49'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.57'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.95'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.44'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.74'