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

Latest News:
KATC-TV: Atchafalaya Basin Bridge has Second Name 

Upcoming Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting:
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group met today to discuss proposed FY2013 Water Management Projects. The next TAG meeting will be on Thursday, October 20th.  More details to come. 

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 10/04/2011

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: 20.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.2' by 10/08

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: 23.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.5' by 10/08

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: 8.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10' by 10/08

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 5.37'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.9' by 10/08

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.61'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.1' by 10/08

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.79'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.8' by 10/08

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.2' by 10/08

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.5' by 10/08

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.17'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 2.2' by 10/08
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.27'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.10'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.18'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.02'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 5.63'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.05'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.23'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.27'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.00'