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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS
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News:
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The USGS would like to inform the public that due to reductions in funding the following water gages are scheduled to be discontinued within one month:
Murphy Lake
Beau Bayou
Lake Pelba at I-10
Bayou Fusillier of the Swamps
Bayou La Rose (in Beau Bayou management unit)
American Pass at Little Bayou Sorrel
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| Louisiana Sportsman: Is there a devil in your ditch? Devil crawfish live in complex burrows sometimes 20 feet deep |
| The Advocate: Sac-a-lait doesn't take back seat at this time of year |
| University Chronicle: Waite Park native canoes from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean |
| KATC: Atchafalaya Basin business owners fed up over condition of levees |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Public Rambling: Atchafalaya Delta WMA yields exciting hog hunt |
| The Advertiser: Explore South Louisiana's great outdoors |
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Save the Date:
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| Swamp Haunted Hikes, Oct. 30 at BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge |
| Women''s Outdoor Recreation Workshop, Oct. 29 |
| Blackpot Festival and Cookoff, Oct. 30 - 31 in Vermilionville |
| Louisiana Book Festival, Oct. 31 |
| La Table Francaise at NUNU's, Oct. 31 |
| Cypress Swamp Photography with Georg Popp, Oct. 31 |
| 6th Annual Fall Festival & Gumbo Cookoff, Oct. 31 from 11 am - 5 pm at the Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park |
| Grand Réveil - Women Crafting Our Culture, Oct. 3 - 31 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center in Opelousas |
| Creole Mourning Customs, Oct 24 - Nov 1 at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge |
| ABP Research and Promotion Board Meeting, Novmber 5 |
| Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Meeting, November 5 |
| Attakapas Trade Day, Nov. 7 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
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Send in your Basin Pics!
Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!
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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 10/27/2015
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: 11.2'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.3' through 10/31
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: 20.3'
24 hour change: +1.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.2' by 10/31
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 9.9'
24 hour change: +2.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.0' by 10/31
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.3'
24 hour change: +0.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 10/31
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: 8.98'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.0' by 10/31
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.36'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.8' by 10/31
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.69'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.8' by 10/31
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.76'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.7' by 10/31
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' through 10/31
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.48'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.5' through 10/31
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.21'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' through 10/31
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
DISCONTINUED
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.81'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 21.52'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.77'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.89'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.30'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.13'
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