Thanks to Shawn O’Connor and Shirley Kokidko for scouting these five deadfalls Monday on the Alapaha River.

Five more deadfalls between Berrien Beach and Lakeland, GA, Alapaha River 2026-07-06

As you can see, they are clustered together sort of in the middle between Berrien Beach Boat Ramp and Lakeland Boat Ramp, near the well-known Marshall Deadfall, which was apparently underwater.

The water level on the Alapaha Gauge was falling, from 6.37 feet (213.97 feet NAVD88) at Double Deadfall at 10:08 AM to 6.33 (213.93 NAVD88) at TD Deadfall at 11:49 AM.

That’s in the middle between the WWALS recommendation for Berrien Beach Boat Ramp of don’t paddle above 218.2 or below 209.6.

You can actually see these deadfalls on the satellite images below. According to google-earth-pro, those images were taken April 29, 2026, in the middle of the drought. The Alapaha Gauge on that date was at about 1 foot (207.6 NAVD88).

We will come back to chainsaw passage through them when the level is a bit lower than it was Monday, so they’re above water.

Map: Five Deadfalls, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Double deadfall, 2026:07:06 –Shawn O’Connor for WWALS, 10:08:20, 31.1224330, -83.0501170

Cross Creek Deadfall, 2026:07:06 –Shawn O’Connor for WWALS, 10:45:23, 31.1203700, -83.0569600

Osceola Deadfall, 2026:07:06 –Shawn O’Connor for WWALS, 10:59:53, 31.1118500, -83.0580800

FAS Deadfall, 2026:07:06 –Shawn O’Connor for WWALS, 11:41:31, 31.1008000, -83.0606300

TD Deadfall, 2026:07:06 –Shawn O’Connor for WWALS, 11:49:31, 31.0995700, -83.0604300

Maps

Map: Deadfalls between Berrien Beach and Lakeland Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Map: Double Deadfall, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Map: Cross Creek Deadfall, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Map: Osceola Deadfall, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Map: FAS Deadfall, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 —Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Map: TD Deadfall, Alapaha River 2026-07-06 — Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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