Columbus Lake Boat Ramps

8 boat launches are mapped on Columbus Lake in Monroe County, Lowndes County, Clay County, Mississippi.

7 of these launches include facility details from Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Columbus Lake facts

Surface area2,493 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 24 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 25.4 miles
Surface elevation157 ft above sea level
DamJohn C. Stennis Lock And Dam, completed 1980
Dam size82 ft high, 1,000 ft long, gravity dam
Dam purposesNavigation, Recreation
Dam ownerUSACE - Mobile District (Federal)
Normal storage59,483 acre-feet
Impounded streamTombigbee
Navigation locks1

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID MS03056). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

Wildlife you might see at Columbus Lake

Most-observed birds: Great Egret (6), American White Pelican (5), Black Vulture (4), Wood Duck (4), Double-crested Cormorant (4), Caspian Tern (3), Wood Stork (2), Great Blue Heron (2), Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2), White-throated Sparrow (2).

Other wildlife: Eastern Fence Lizard (4), Pond Slider (4), American Alligator (3), Common Watersnake (3), Diamondback Watersnake (3), Ring-necked Snake (2).

Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (81 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.

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