Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
KATC: 9th Annual Eagle Expo & More  
LA Sportsman: David and Goliath - Paddle craft dos and don'ts

 

 

Save the Date 

Sesquicentennial Presentation by Dr. Donald Frazier on January 21, 2014
Atchafalaya Basin Program Research & Promotion Board Meeting - January 22, 2014 at 9:30 am
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting - January 22 at 10:00 am
Iberville Museum Annual Membership Meeting - January 22 at 6:00 pm
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival - January 22 - 24
Friends of the Atchafalaya Meeting on January 28 at 6:30 PM. at the Audubon office, 6160 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge

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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 1/21/2014

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: 34.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.5' by 1/25

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: 37.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 38.1' by 1/25

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 22.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.5 by 1/25

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.7'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 7.7' by 1/25

 

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: 19.17'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.4' by 1/25

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 14.25'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.2' by 1/25

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 12.72'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.0' by 1/25

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 9.81'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.9' by 1/25

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 1/25

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.18'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 1/25

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.28'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 1/25
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.33'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.25'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.97'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.60'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 9.62'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.60'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.42'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.51'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.44'

 

 

   
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