Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

Friends of the Atchafalaya: Help purchase a kayak for the Atchafalaya Swamp Base
Country Roads: Hunters, Share Your Bounty: Overfull freezers can be relieved of their burden in the most generous and responsible way
The Advocate: In search of feathered friends
The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: Reminiscing on life around Uncle Sam's store
 

Save the Date:

Winter Wonders Kids Camp,  Dec. 22 & 23 (Monday and Tuesday of the holiday break) from 9 am to 4 pm at Bluebonnet Swamp. Extended care available.
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
Women Only Overnight Paddle-Camping Trip, Saturday, Jan 3, departing at 9am

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 12/16/2014

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: 27.5'
24 hour change: -3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.2' by 12/21

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: 30.9'
24 hour change: +1.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 34.1' by 12/21

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 15.7'
24 hour change +1.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.9' by 12/21

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.8'
24 hour change: +0.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.6' by 12/16

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: 14.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.5' by 12/21

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 10.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 12/21

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.6' by 12/21

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.5' by 12/21

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 12/21

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 4.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 12/21

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.2' by 12/21

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.32'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.16'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.05'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.74'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.83'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.14'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 11.62'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.32'

 

    

 

   
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