Rocky Branch Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Holt Lake · near Tuscaloosa · Alabama
Zebra mussels (latest report 2020) reported in this water (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
- 33.27053, -87.41836
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of December 19, 2018). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Holt Lock and Dam · USACE
Lake level: Holt Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 187.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Holt Lock and Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 349.5 on Black Warrior 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.
- Holt Pool Black Warrior River
Condition survey of December 19, 2018 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet from 94.1 to 188 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 Holt Lake
Reservoir in Alabama. All launches on Holt Lake.
Community
Where people who use Holt Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Deerlick Boat Ramp · 0.6 mi · Holt Lake
- Rock Quarry Boat Ramp · 1.6 mi · Holt Lake
- Holt Resource Office Boat Ramp · 2.1 mi · Holt Lake
- Rock Quarry Park Boat Landing · 5.3 mi · Lake Tuscaloosa
- Old Lock 15 Boat Ramp · 6.3 mi · Holt Lake
- Riverview Access · 7.0 mi · William Bacon Oliver Lake
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 848-157668-7-001 · 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 Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS) record 936144f3-eebe-44ae-9281-75bd20010073 · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District); no warranty
- 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 n3048394287 © 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) and 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.