Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
The Advertiser: Documentary examines the creative process through boat maker's final build

  

 

Teche Today: TOT paddlers needed to help clean Bayou Teche
LA Sportsman: LDWF to use helicopters to hunt down feral hogs this week on Pearl River and Sherburne WMAs
Houma Today: Article tells how donkey connected people in Raceland
Teche Today: Top of the Teche registration open
LA Sportsman: Sportsman TV tonight at 6:30 on CST: Back to the Basin
The Advocate: Growing La. Sportsman Show set for next week
 
 Save the Date
35th Annual LA Sportsman Show, March 13-16 

Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival & Wooden Boat Congres, St. Martinville March 15

2014 ProBass Challenge March 21st - 23rd
Sierra Club Delta Chapter retreat at Cypremort Point State Park, March 21 - 23, 2014
Canoe, kayak instructor course available March 22-23
TOT paddlers needed to help clean Bayou Teche March 22

Top of the Teche is set for April 5th

Louisiana wooden boat show coming April 11-13

Send in your Basin Pics!

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 3/13/2014

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: 28.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.6' by 3/17

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: 40.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 38.3' by 3/17

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 25.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.8' by 3/17

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 9.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.9' by 3/17

 

   

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: 22.95'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.2' by 3/17

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 17.35'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.9' by 3/17

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 15.37'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.1' by 3/17

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 11.36'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.8' by 3/17

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.0' by 3/17

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.93'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.3' by 3/17

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.24'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 3/17
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.


Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.35'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.72'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.66'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 8.07'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 9.98'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.48'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.55'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.48'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.61'

 

   
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