Alabama / Black Warrior River /
Lock 8 East Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Black Warrior River · near Akron · Alabama
Zebra mussels (latest report 2017) reported in Black Warrior River 4.6 km from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
Open per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status's data, checked September 11, 2026. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Coordinates
- 32.89581, -87.78076
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of September 17, 2024). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow at the BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN L & D NEAR EUTAW, AL gauge · USGS, 8.9 mi away on Black Warrior River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN L & D NEAR EUTAW, AL, 8.9 mi from this launch on Black Warrior River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 278.0 on Black Warrior River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Selden Pool Black Warrior River
Condition survey of September 17, 2024 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet from 45.1 to 95.3 ft below the pool's low control level; the Corps maintains a 9 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Black Warrior River
River in Alabama. All launches on Black Warrior River.
Community
Where people who use Black Warrior River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Finches Ferry Boat Ramp · 4.7 mi · Black Warrior River
- Jennings Ferry Boat Ramp · 6.5 mi · Black Warrior River
- Lock 7 Boat Ramp · 8.3 mi · Black Warrior River
- Selden Damsite Boat Ramp · 8.7 mi · Black Warrior River
- Moundville Access · 11.4 mi · Black Warrior River
- Lock 6 East Boat Ramp · 12.8 mi · Black Warrior River
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 848-568001305-7-001 · US federal government data, public domain (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submittal)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status open or closed status · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Management Program)
- OpenStreetMap w1055144825 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.