Alabama 4H Center

Columbiana, Alabama

A full service conference facility nestled within 264 acres of beautiful forest land on Lay Lake in Columbiana. They offer a variety of lodging and meeting facility options as well as onsite catering designed to meet the needs of your group.

This is not a public access point.

Water Quality
  • Meets water quality standards

  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 26th, 2023. Coosa Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on May 26th, 2023 at 10:54 AM.
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Monitoring Frequency

Alabama 4H Center is sampled weekly from May 26th to September 1st.

Source Information

Coosa Riverkeeper staff, interns, and volunteers monitor water quality at sites in this region. Sampling season starts May 27 and ends Labor Day Weekend.

Water at all sites is sampled for E. coli, total coliform, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, total dissolved solids and conductivity. More in-depth data is viewable at www.CoosaRiver.org/SwimGuide

Coosa Riverkeeper utilizes the standardized state and federal criteria of 235 col/100 ml for collecting and analyzing water samples. Test results are expressed as Most Probable Number (MPN) of E.coli cfu (colony forming units) per 100 ml.

Water samples are collected every Thursday. Results are posted as soon as lab results are available on Friday (typically around noon CT). Results here on Swim Guide indicate E. coli concentrations, further data reporting on other water quality characteristics are published at coosariver.org/swimguide

A beach is marked Green when single sample results are under 126 E.coli / 100 ML water.

A beach is marked Red when the results are equal to or above 126 E.coli / 100 ML water.

A beach is marked Grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

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Alabama 4H Center

Columbiana, Alabama

Water Quality
  • Meets water quality standards
  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 26th, 2023. Coosa Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on May 26th, 2023 at 10:54 AM.
For water quality icon legend, click:  

A full service conference facility nestled within 264 acres of beautiful forest land on Lay Lake in Columbiana. They offer a variety of lodging and meeting facility options as well as onsite catering designed to meet the needs of your group.

This is not a public access point.

Monitoring Frequency

Alabama 4H Center is sampled weekly from May 26th to September 1st.

Source Information

Coosa Riverkeeper staff, interns, and volunteers monitor water quality at sites in this region. Sampling season starts May 27 and ends Labor Day Weekend.

Water at all sites is sampled for E. coli, total coliform, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, total dissolved solids and conductivity. More in-depth data is viewable at www.CoosaRiver.org/SwimGuide

Coosa Riverkeeper utilizes the standardized state and federal criteria of 235 col/100 ml for collecting and analyzing water samples. Test results are expressed as Most Probable Number (MPN) of E.coli cfu (colony forming units) per 100 ml.

Water samples are collected every Thursday. Results are posted as soon as lab results are available on Friday (typically around noon CT). Results here on Swim Guide indicate E. coli concentrations, further data reporting on other water quality characteristics are published at coosariver.org/swimguide

A beach is marked Green when single sample results are under 126 E.coli / 100 ML water.

A beach is marked Red when the results are equal to or above 126 E.coli / 100 ML water.

A beach is marked Grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

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Water Quality Graph

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