Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

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Atchafalaya Basin Program Research & Promotion Board Meeting:
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Research & Promotion Board will meet on November 9 to discuss the Draft FY2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan.

Atchafalaya Basin Program Research & Promotion Board Meeting
November 9, 2011
9:00 am to 12:00pm
Louisiana State Museum - Board Room
660 North 4th Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System:  
The Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/   

FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:  
To view the FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan, go to  www.basin.louisiana.gov.

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.

Data is for 11/1/2011

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi 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: 20.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.7' by 11/5

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: 21.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.9' by 11/5

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: 7.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.1' by 11/5

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 5.07'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.5' by 11/5

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.38'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.0' by 11/5

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.3' by 11/5

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 11/5

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.16'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.3' by 11/5

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 1.4' by 11/5
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.25'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 4.63'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.10'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 2.95'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 5.23'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.09'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.04'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 8.94'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.78'