Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

 

KATC: House committee resolution concerning crawfish deferred
LDWF: Agenda for Commission Meeting on June 4
NY Daily News: WATCH: Louisiana alligator rips off truck's bumper with its mouth
Times-Picayune: Todd Masson's fishing forecast for May 29-31 | Podcast
Atchafalaya Basin Program Project Nominations, May 31 is the last day to submit a project nomination for next year's plan
 

Save the Date:

Bayou Vermilion Kayak Lessons & Guided Paddle Trip, May 30 at 8 am at Vermillionville
Art on the Bayou, May 30 from 10 - 4 at the Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park
Healing Traditions: Creole folk medicine, May 30 from 11 am - 2 pm at Vermilionville
LDWF Commission Meeting, June 4 at 9:30 am at the Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters Building located at 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge
Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, June 6 - 7 from 11 am to 7 pm at Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans
Bird Walk at the Swamp, June 6 from 7 - 9 am at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge
Les Mains Guidées: Beadwork, June 6 from 10 am - 1 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 Coudre Points Quilting Circle, June 4 (and every Thursday) from 1:30 -€“ 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective, 1510 Courtableau Highway 93 in Arnaudville
Creole Culture Day, June 7 from 10am to 5 pm at Vermilionville
Friends of the Atchafalaya monthly meeting, June 23 at 7 pm in Baton Rouge (no meeting for May)
Ann Vidrine: Cajun Fiddler, lecture and performance for kids 5 to 11 at various branches of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 10 am June 22, 23, 24, 25, and 29.

 

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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 5/28/2015

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: 26.3'
24 hour change: +1.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.7' by 6/02

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: 46.1
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 47.9' by 6/02

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 29.8'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.6' by 6/02

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 11.5'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6/02' by 6/02

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: 27.1'
Forecast: expect RISE to 28.6' by 6/02

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 20.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.4' by 6/02

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 18.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.0' by 6/02

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 13.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.6' by 6/02

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.1' by 6/02

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.3' by 6/02

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.0' by 6/02

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.66'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 23.05'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.35'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.81'

Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 16.60'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.44'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.45'

 

 

    

   
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