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

Upcoming Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting:
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 10/13/2011

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: 16.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.8' by 10/17

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: 23.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.9' by 10/17

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: 7.99'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.9' by 10/17

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 5.37'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' by 10/17

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.76'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.2' by 10/17

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.04'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.8' by 10/17

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 10/17

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.55'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 2.5' by 10/17

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.39'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 10/17
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.73'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.62'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.34'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.26'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 5.60'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.47'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.59'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
NA - Equipment malfunction

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.35'