Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

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

Proposed FY2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Plan:
The proposed FY2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Plan is available for viewing here: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/OCM/ABP/Nov2_11DRAFT2013plan.pdf 

Public Hearings on Proposed FY2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:
The Atchafalaya Basin Research and Promotion Board is holding Public Hearings on the proposed Annual Basin Plan for FY 2013. The time and location of these hearings is as follows:

December 1, 2011
9:30 a.m.
LA Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
2000 Quail Drive
4th Floor Conference Room
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898

The public may make comments at the public hearing regarding projects proposed for inclusion in the FY2013 Annual Basin Plan. For additional information or directions to these meetings please contact Dana Naquin at 225.342.6437.

Public Meeting information can also be viewed on the Atchafalaya Basin calendar here: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&pid=490&pnid=273&nid=277 or the DNR calendar here: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=calendar&tmp=home.

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 11/29/2011

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: 34.7'

Forecast:  expect to RISE to 42.0' by 12/05

 

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: 34.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 36.6' by 12/05

 

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: 16.7'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.1' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya River at Melville

Flood Stage:  41'

Stage: 11.2'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 14' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs

Flood Stage:  37'

Stage: 9.93'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.8' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose

Flood Stage: 25'

Stage: 7.27'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 9' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW

Flood Stage: 12'

Stage: 4.1'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.3' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point

Flood Stage: 15'

Stage: 4.11'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 12/03

 

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

Flood Stage: 4'

Stage: 2.55'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 4' by 12/03

NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

 

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel

Stage:  9.27'

 

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel

Stage:  6.00'

 

Bayou Courtableau

Stage: 17.65'

 

Buffalo Cove at Round Island

Stage: 5.01'

 

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene

Stage: 6.34'

 

Middle Fork, Bayou Long

Stage: 2.85'

 

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose

Stage: 5.17'

 

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut

Stage: 11.36'

 

Beau Bayou Swamp

NA - Equipment malfunction

 

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson

Stage: 9.94'

 

 

   
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