Alabama / William Bacon Oliver Lake /
Riverview Access
Boat ramp · on William Bacon Oliver Lake · near Warrior Heights · 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 lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 32 spaces
- Car parking
- Paved lot
- Restrooms
- No
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Managed by
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 33.22309, -87.52582
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of October 1, 2024). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Oliver Lock and Dam · USACE
Lake level: William Bacon Oliver Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 124.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Oliver Lock and Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 341.7 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.
- Oliver Pool Black Warrior River · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 1, 2024 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet from 96.1 to 122.3 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 William Bacon Oliver Lake
Reservoir in Alabama. All launches on William Bacon Oliver Lake.
Community
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- Rock Quarry Boat Ramp · 5.6 mi · Holt Lake
- Deerlick Boat Ramp · 6.5 mi · Holt Lake
- Rocky Branch Boat Ramp · 7.0 mi · Holt Lake
Sources
- Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) record -87.52582,33.22309 · Public data (ADCNR), no terms stated; credit the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS) record 44cf4bc0-7a30-42cf-9da2-02fb182b59c2 · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District); no warranty
Why it is listed as public: listed by Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) 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.