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

Upcoming Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting:
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group will meet on Tuesday, October 4 to discuss proposed FY2013 Water Management Projects. 

TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP MEETING
Discussion of FY 2013 Water Management Project Proposals
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 9am-12pm
LaSalle Building - Griffon Room
617 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804
Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage
Please present your parking ticket to front desk receptionist for validation

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 9/20/2011

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: 18.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.6' by 9/24

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: 26.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 25.3' by 9/24

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: 9.96'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.8' by 9/24

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 9/24

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 5.92'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.2' by 9/24

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.91'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.4' by 9/24

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12'
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.3' by 9/24

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.99'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 9/24

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.56'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 9/24
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.09'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.61'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 16.98'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.94'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.30'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.64'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.41'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.79'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.21'