Historical Marker
High Water Mark
Historical marker location:
Orline Street, Wetumpka, Alabama
( Marker is on Orline Street, 0.1 miles south of Hill Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2013
57 Feet 11 Inches. (12 Feet 11 Inches Above Flood Stage).
The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.