Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

 

 

 

 

Atchafalaya Basin Program Project Nominations, May 30 is the last day to submit a project nomination for next year's plan
LDWF: 182 Boaters Certified During "Boating Lagniappe Day"
Times-Picayune: Kids can learn outdoors skills at two free summer camps
Daily Comet: Project to build coastal land heads to design
LDWF: 2015 Waterfowl Hunter Opinion Survey
Yahoo News: Tangle over guest workers traps Louisiana crawfish trade
 LDWF: Search Continues for Denham Springs Man in Upper Grand River
 

Save the Date:

Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, May 6 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center, 702 N. River Road in Baton Rouge
LWF Monthly Commission Meeting Scheduled for May 7, 2015
Step Outside Day, May 9 from 9 am to 3 pm at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in the Atchafalaya Basin
Intermediate/Advanced Guided Paddle Trip, May 9 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville
Kayaking 101 - Basic Skills for Flatwater Kayaking, May 14 at 5:30 pm at Lake Martin
Creole Okra Festival, May 14-16 at 203 N. New Market Street in St. Martinville
Chitimacha Paddle Race, May 16 from New Iberia's City Park to the public boat ramp in the Chitimacha Nation near Charenton
A Day in the Life of the Early Acadian Child, May 16 from 10 am - noon at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
LDWF: WETSHOP 2015 Registration Deadline is May 20
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

 

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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 5/5/2015

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: 25.5'
24 hour change: -2.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.9' by 5/10

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: 52.2'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 49.2' by 5/10

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 35.3'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.1' by 5/10

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 13.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.6' by 5/10

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: 31.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.8' by 5/10

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 24.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.2' by 5/10

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 21.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.6' by 5/10

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 16.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.1' by 5/10

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.7' by 5/10

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.0'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 9.0 through 5/10

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.6' by 5/10

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.39'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.00'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.50'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 13.42'

Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 18.38'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 12.66'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.61'

    

   
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