Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

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 2/18/2014

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: 22.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.3' by 2/22

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: 38.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.0' by 2/22

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 23.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.5' by 2/22

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE at 8.1' by 2/22

 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: 21.57'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.8' by 2/22

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 16.14'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.9' by 2/22

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 14.25'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.2' by 2/22

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 10.42'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.9' by 2/22

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.2' by 2/22

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.29'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 6.3' by 2/22

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.03'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.3' by 2/22
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.01'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.59'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 24.12'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 6.01'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.71'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.23'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.28'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 12.77'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.23'