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

Latest News:
The Advocate: MACALUSO: Front will help change patterns
 Daily Comet: Terrebonne officials support area flood-protection project
Tri-Parish Times: Deadline Friday for Tour du Teche II
KATC-TV: Local Boy Scouts Need Your Help to Protect the Atchafalaya Basin
Daily World: Boy Scouts want to build camp in Basin

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 9/15/2011

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: 21.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.4' by 9/19

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: 25.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.5' by 9/19

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: 9.23'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.6' by 9/19

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.06'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.2' by 9/19

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 5.34'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.3' by 9/19

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.47'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 9/19

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12'
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.5' by 9/19

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.56'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 9/19

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.22'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.4' by 9/19
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.93'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.79'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 16.91'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.58'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.32'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.83'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.58'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.42'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.38'