Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

The Advocate: Finding scrapes key to landing big bucks during rutting season
LDWF: 2016 Turkey Season Lottery Hunt Applications Available
The Advocate: Cajun culture thriving and evolving 250 years after Acadians arrived on banks of Bayou Teche
KATC: Christmas and New Year's events and parades in Acadiana
St. Mary Now: Patterson Boat Parade
 

Save the Date:

Old Time Christmas, Dec. 8 - 23 from 10 am to 4 pm at Vermilionville
Noël Acadien au Village, Nov. 28 to Dec 23 at 200 Greenleaf Dr. in Lafayette
Bayou Vermilion Novice Canoe/Kayak Lesson, Dec. 26 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville
Christmas on the Cajun Coast, Dec 1 - 31 throughout St. Mary Parish
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Jan. 6 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge.
Working the Wetlands, art exhibit featuring the fishing culture of southern Louisiana, Dec 5 through January 30 at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans

 

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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 12/15/2015

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: 29.0'
24 hour change: -0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.9' by 12/20

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: 47.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 45.5' by 12/20

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 31.7'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 30.0' by 12/20

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 12.5'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.2' by 12/20

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: 27.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.7' by 12/20

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 21.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.3' by 12/20

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 18.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.3' by 12/20

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 13.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.8' by 12/20

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.7' by 12/20

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.6' by 12/20

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 4.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.9' by 12/20

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.51'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.98'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 5.58'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.39'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 9.02'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.88'

 

   
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