Alabama / Black Warrior River /
Merriweather Ldg Paved Ramp
Boat ramp · on Black Warrior River · near Akron · 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.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of September 10, 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, 7.9 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, 7.9 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 274.0 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 10, 2024 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet from 46.7 to 95.5 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
- Lock 8 East Boat Ramp · 2.3 mi · Black Warrior River
- Finches Ferry Boat Ramp · 3.4 mi · Black Warrior River
- Jennings Ferry Boat Ramp · 5.8 mi · Black Warrior River
- Old Lock 7 East Boat Ramp · 7.0 mi · Black Warrior River
- Lock 7 Boat Ramp · 7.3 mi · Black Warrior River
- Selden Damsite Boat Ramp · 7.7 mi · Black Warrior River
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS) record 0d204a8e-7a76-4d38-b160-d6a3a86eea06 · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District); no warranty
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.