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Gainestown Public Boat Ramp

Boat ramp · on Alabama River · near Jackson · Alabama

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Ramp surface
Concrete
Coordinates
31.40535, -87.69796

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of February 3, 2025). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Water level

Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.

USGS gauge ALABAMA RIVER AT CHOCTAW BLUFF, AL., 4.9 mi from this launch on Alabama River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On the river

River mile 42.4 on Alabama River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its 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.

  • Claiborne Lower Pool Alabama River
    After-dredging survey of February 3, 2025 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet down to 20.5 ft, with bars at or above it; 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 Alabama River

River in Alabama. All launches on Alabama River.

Community

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Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.