|
Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
|
News:
|
|
| The Advocate: Macaluso: Are you ready for a big change? |
| The Advertiser: Nutria-themed fashion show headed for Lafayette |
| Times-Picayune: Slow hurricane season, upcoming wet winter due to El Niño-like conditions, forecasters say |
Cajun Coast: Travel Guide App Available
|
| Country Roads: Dixie Hippos:The strange-but-true story about importing hippos to the Louisiana swamps |
| |
| Save the Date: |
| Primitive Camping in the Atchafalaya Basin: Throughout October. Send in your camping photos to atchafalaya@la.gov and win a free souvenir hat! |
| Public Meeting on Morganza Control Structure Management Changes, Oct. 2 at 6:30 pm, 702 River Road, Baton Rouge |
| Moonlight Hike, Oct. 3 at Lake Fausse Point State Park, 8 pm |
| Atchafalaya Month Celebration, Oct 4-31 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Tour du Teche V - Oct. 3-5 |
| Swamp Life Expo, Oct. 4 in Grosse Tete |
| Outdoor Gear Garage Sale, Oct. 4 at 8 am, Pack & Paddle in Lafayette |
| Righteous Fur Fashion Show & Wetlands Benefit Auction, Oct. 7 at 6 pm at 140 Arlington Drive in Lafayette |
| False River Fishing Tournaments: Tuesdays from 6 to 9 pm at the Morrison Parkway Boat Dock. |
| Lunchtime Lagniappe: The Acadian Deportation, Oct. 8 from 12 to 1 pm at Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge |
| 12th Annual Catfish Festival, Oct. 9-11, Melville Civic Center |
| 40th Anniversary Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, Oct. 10 -12, Girard Park, Lafayette |
| World Championship Gumbo Cookoff, Oct. 11-12, New Iberia |
| Wooden Boat Festival, Oct. 11 - 12, Madisonville |
| Les Mains Guidées: La Toussaint Wax Flowers, Oct. 14 6 pm-8 pm, Vermilionville |
| Bushman Crafts: Oct. 18, 9-10 am at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Cattle Drives in Louisiana, Oct. 18, 10 am at the Bluebonnet Library in Baton Rouge |
TECHE Project's Third Annual Shake Your Trail Feather Festival, Oct. 18 noon to 6 pm at Parc des Ponts (Bridge Park) in Breaux Bridge
|
| Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade, Oct. 19 from 10 am to 4 pm in Vermilionville |
| 5 Great Paddle Trips in the Atchafalaya Seminar, Oct. 23 at 6 pm, Pack & Paddle in Lafayette (FREE) |
|
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 10/2/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 6.07
Ohio 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: 15.8'
24 hour change -0.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.8' by 10/7
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: 26.2'
24 hour change -0.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.2 by 10/7
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 12.0'
24 hour change -0.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.0' by 10/7
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.2'
24 hour change -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 10/7
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' by 10/7
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.8' by 10/7
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.9
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.1' by 10/7
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 10/7
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 10/7
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.0
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.9' by 10/7
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.50'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.91'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.05'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.28'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.39'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.12'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 2.58'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 10.87'
|
