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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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News:
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| Louisiana Sportsman: Centerville angler lands 75-pound blue catfish near Lake Fausse Point |
| WFLA.com: Basin Crawfish a "Bestseller", says Mayor |
Post South: Blackwater Drifters pit stop in Plaquemine near the end of five-month kayaking journey
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| Times-Picayune: Louisiana's public-land hunters shot plenty ducks during season opener |
| LDWF: Get Out and Fish Louisiana!: Coming to a Lake Near You |
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Save the Date:
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| Spanish Festival Exhibit, Nov. 14-30 at the Bayou Teche Museum, 131 East Main Street, New Iberia |
| 1st Annual Black Friday Protest Paddle, Nov. 28 from 8 am - 12 pm at Lake Martin |
| Prehistoric Mounds Tour, Nov. 29 from 10 am - 12 pm at Marksville State Historic Site |
| Al Berard Music Festival, Nov. 29 from 10 am to 11:30 pm at Hendry Guidry Memorial Park in Henderson |
| Novice Canoe/Kayak Lesson & Guided Paddle Trip, Saturday Nov. 29 and Dec. 13 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
| Southern Atchafalaya Eagle Paddle, Dec 6 in Morgan City, reservation required |
| Rendez Vous des Cajuns, live-audience radio show every Saturday in Nov at 6 pm, Liberty Center in Eunice |
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| Holiday Events in Cajun Country: |
| Thanksgiving Eve with Geno Delafose, Wed. Nov 26 at 7:30 pm at the Vermilllionville Performance Center |
| Christmas Open House and Parade, Nov. 29-30 from 10 am - 4 pm in Breaux Bridge |
| Le Grand Noël, Nov. 29 from 5-8 pm in Grand Coteau |
| Victorian Christmas at Rip Van Winkle Gardens, Dec 1 - 31 in New Iberia |
| Christmas on the Cajun Coast, Dec. 1-31in Franklin, Patterson, Berwick and Morgan City |
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Festival of the Bonfires, Dec 12-14 in Lutcher
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Send in your Basin Pics!
Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!
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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 11/17/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
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: 17.9'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.1' by 11/22
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: 22.2'
24 hour change: +0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.4' by 11/22
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 9.4'
24 hour change +0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.2' by 11/22
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.4'
24 hour change: +0.4'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.4' through 11/22
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 11/22
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.1' by 11/22
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 11/22
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.4' by 11/22
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' by 11/22
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 1.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.9' by 11/22
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.92'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.94'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.55'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.29'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.30'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.29'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.92'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: NOT AVAILABLE
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 7.83'
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