Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

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

See The Advocate's article on current Basin fishing conditions:

http://theadvocate.com/sports/outdoors/903570-64/away-slate-big-help-for.html

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 9/22/2011

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: 19.2'

Forecast:  expect to RISE to 19.3' by 9/26

 

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: 26.4'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.1' by 9/26

 

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: 9.33'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.5' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya River at Melville

Flood Stage:  41'

Stage: 6.21'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.5' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs

Flood Stage:  37'

Stage: 5.52'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.9' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose

Flood Stage: 25'

Stage: 4.54'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW

Flood Stage: 12'

Stage: 3.3'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point

Flood Stage: 15'

Stage: 2.83'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 9/26

 

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

Flood Stage: 4'

Stage: 2.68'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.6' by 9/26

NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

 

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel

Stage:  8.92'

 

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel

Stage:  5.32'

 

Bayou Courtableau

Stage: 16.95'

 

Buffalo Cove at Round Island

Stage: 3.68'

 

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene

Stage: 6.30'

 

Middle Fork, Bayou Long

Stage: 2.54'

 

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose

Stage: 7.21'

 

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut

Stage: 9.58'

 

Beau Bayou Swamp

NA - Equipment malfunction

 

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson

Stage: 12.04'

 

   
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