Alabama / Black Warrior River /
Lock 6 East Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Black Warrior River · near Forkland · Alabama
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
- 32.71080, -87.79338
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of December 12, 2018). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BELOW SELDEN DAM NR EUTAW, AL gauge · USGS, 5.4 mi away on Black Warrior River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BELOW SELDEN DAM NR EUTAW, AL, 5.4 mi from this launch on Black Warrior River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 252.4 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.
- Demopolis Pool Black Warrior River
Condition survey of December 12, 2018 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet from 36.1 to 75.6 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
- Selden Damsite Boat Ramp · 5.7 mi · Black Warrior River
- Lock 7 Boat Ramp · 5.7 mi · Black Warrior River
- Old Lock 7 East Boat Ramp · 5.8 mi · Black Warrior River
- Jennings Ferry Boat Ramp · 6.7 mi · Black Warrior River
- Birdeye Boat Ramp · 7.8 mi · Tombigbee River
- Forkland Boat Ramp · 7.8 mi · McConnico Creek
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 848-157618-7-001 · 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 422c1c61-ff98-4a07-b097-cc76be5c9200 · 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)
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.