Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

 

Times-Picayune: High Mississippi, Atchafalaya rivers pouring sediment into Louisiana wetlands, lakes, Gulf
Workers on Wheels: Campground seeks camp hosts
The Advocate: Macaluso: Youngsters get ready for contests
LDAF: Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Trap Surveys
Acadiana Table: Louisiana Crawfish and Asparagus Tart
 

Save the Date:

Twenty-Five Years at Vermilionville, April 1 from 10 am to 4 pm at Vermilionville
Alligators: Dragons in Paradise, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History TREX program. March 7 through June 6 at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge
Les Mains Guidées: Wood carving, April 4 from 10 am to 12 pm at Vermilionville
Fly Fishing 101, April 9 at 6 pm at Pack & Paddle in Lafayette
Kayaking 101, April 9, meet at Pack & Paddle at 5 pm
Paddle Bayou Lafourche, April 9 - 12 sponsored by BTNEP
Cycle Zyedeco, April 8 - 12, 200-mile bike ride through Acadiana
Cajun Hot Sauce Festival, April 10 - 12 at the SugArena at Acadiana Fairgrounds in New Iberia
Cypress Sawmill Festival, April 10 - 12 at Kemper Williams Park in Patterson
Scott Boudin Festival, April 10 - 12 at Lions Club Roak in Scott
Washington Catfish Festival, April 16- 19 at 143 Veterans Memorial Highway in Washington
Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival and Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Festival, April 17 - 19 in downtown Franklin
Top of the Teche, a 7.7-mile canoe race from Leonville to Arnaudville, April 18
Cajun Classique, 5-day wooden boat cruise down Bayou Teche, April 13th to 19th
Azalea Trail, April 1- 30 in New Iberia

 

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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 3/31/2015

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: 39.9'
24 hour change: -2.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.0' by 4/5

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: 53.0'
24 hour change: +0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 52.4' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 53.1 on 4/1

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 36.1'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.9' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 36.4 on 4/1

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 14.0'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.1' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 14.2 on 4/2

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: 33.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.1' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 25.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.8' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 23.0'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 23.0' through 4/5

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 16.3'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.4' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.8' by 4/5

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.6'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 9.6' through 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.8' by 4/5

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 13.75'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.33'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.61'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.03'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 13.34'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.46'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.27'

 

    

   
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