Old Lock #1
Boat ramp · on Tombigbee River · near Saint Stephens · Alabama
Listed as closed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status: Closed for renovation
source · checked September 11, 2026
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 23 spaces
- Car parking
- Paved lot
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Managed by
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 31.57300, -88.03268
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of June 10, 2025). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT STEAMPLANT NR LEROY, AL gauge · USGS, 9.4 mi away on Tombigbee River
Water level
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USGS gauge TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT STEAMPLANT NR LEROY, AL, 9.4 mi from this launch on Tombigbee River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 99.6 on Tombigbee 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.
- Coffeeville Lower Pool Tombigbee River · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of June 10, 2025 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet down to 20.6 ft below the pool's low control level, 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 Tombigbee River
River in Alabama. All launches on Tombigbee River.
Community
Where people who use Tombigbee River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Service Park Boat Ramp · 13.9 mi · Tombigbee River
- Lenoir Landing Boat Ramp · 20.9 mi · Tombigbee River
- McIntosh Bluff Landing · 22.0 mi · Tombigbee River
- Eurika Landing · 22.7 mi · Alabama River
Sources
- Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) record -88.03268,31.57300 · Public data (ADCNR), no terms stated; credit the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 848-155862-7-001 · 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)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) and 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.