Notice to Navigation: 2025-024 – Ortona Lock fully operational

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT
LOCAL NUMBER: 2025-24
WATERWAY:  Okeechobee Waterway – CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER

EFFECTIVE: 23 October 2025

ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN
PO Box 4970
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

POC: Kriss Zeller, Chief of Navigation (772) 380-6928

www.saj.usace.army.mil/NTN

REFERENCE:

1. 33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters
2. Notice to Navigation

Attention all concerned boaters! The Ortona Lock mechanical failure (NTN 2025-023) has been resolved and the lock is now fully operational.  

Navigation locks along the Okeechobee Waterway remain open and staffed during a government shutdown. Ensuring safe passage for boaters and supporting water management are mission-essential functions that do not pause. Although staffed at minimal levels, crews stay on to ensure safe passage for vessels, regulate water levels, and support flood risk management.

For the current Lake Okeechobee water levels, please see:  https://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml

2. For up-to-date Lock information, contact the shift operator 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at:

                St Lucie Lock & Dam 772-287-2665 or 863-662-9148

                Port Mayaca Lock & Dam 561-924-2858 or 863-662-9424

                Julian Keen, Jr. Lock & Dam 863-946-0414 or 863-662-9533

                Ortona Lock & Dam 863-675-0616 or 863- 662-9846

                W.P. Franklin Lock & Dam 239-694-5451 or 863-662-9908

                Canaveral Lock 321-783-5421 or 863-662-0298 (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

Thank you! Jeff

Jeffrey D Prater
Public Affairs Specialist
Corporate Communications Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
South Florida Office
4400 PGA Blvd.
Suite 501
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Cell: 561-801-5734
jeffrey.d.prater@usace.army.mil
Twitter @JaxStrong
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