Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

News:

The Advocate: New program brings scavenger hunt to Atchafalaya Basin
LDWF: LDWF Accepting Applications for WMA Waterfowl Lottery Hunts for 2017-18 Season
The Advocate: Explore the Atchafalaya in new exhibit at West Baton Rouge Museum
ClickOn Detroit: Invasive red swamp crayfish found in two locations in Michigan
Times-Picayune: Cajun Caviar? On National Caviar Day, we indulge in Atchafalaya fish eggs
Mashable: No need to worry, just hundreds of thousands of fire ants forming living towers
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Events:
4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 29 at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in Opelousas
Dutch Oven Cooking, August 5 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
Acadian Culture Day, August 13 from 10 am to 5 pm at Vermilionville in Lafayette
Solar Eclipse, Aug 21 from noon to 2:30 pm; viewing at the Louisiana State Arboretum in Ville Platte or make your own pinhole projector
The River Rises: Historical Floods, June 3 - Aug 27 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen
Water Trails of the Atchafalaya, June 17 - Oct 29 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen
La Table Francaise, last Saturday of every month at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville
Les Courdre Pointes Quilting Circle, every Thursday from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville

Send in your Basin Pics!

Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!

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. Current Atchafalaya Basin water levels from NOAA.

Data is for 7/28/2017

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: 25.7'

24 hour change: +1.3'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.0' by 8/2

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: 33.7'

24 hour change: -0.7'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.3' by 8/2

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge

Flood Stage: 35'

Stage: 18.4'

24 hour change: -0.5'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.5' by 8/2

Mississippi River at New Orleans

Flood Stage: 17'

Stage: 5.6'

24 hour change: -0.1'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.7' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River at Simmesport

Flood Stage: 47'

Stage: 12.8'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.5' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River at Melville

Flood Stage: 34'

Stage: 9.0'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.6' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs

Flood Stage: 29'

Stage: 8.1'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.7' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose

Flood Stage: 20'

Stage: 6.8'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.7' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW

Flood Stage: 12'

Stage: 5.2'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.6' by 8/2

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point

Flood Stage: 15'

Stage: 3.9'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 8/2

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

Flood Stage: 6'

Stage: 2.8'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.0' by 8/2

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 10.78'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 7.11'

Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)

Stage: 18.15'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long

Stage: 4.16'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove

Stage: 8.24'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose

Stage: 8.12'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson

Stage: 12.13'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne

Stage: 17.88'

Work Canal near I-10

Stage: 9.63'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long

Stage: 7.10'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot

Stage: 4.56'

   
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