Port Aransas, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Port Aransas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78373. It lies near Salt Island. The Survey maps it on the Port Aransas quadrangle. 2,904 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
On record in Port Aransas
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Tarpon Innlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1925 USGS Aransas Pass quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Aransas Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Port Aransas quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Port Aransas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Aransas quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Port Aransas between 2008 and 2015, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NATIONAL SEA SHORE |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARBOR ISLAND |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HABOR ISLAND 2 |
| 27 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 705 AVE G |
| 18 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAND CASTLE STREET PORT ARANSAS |
| 18 October 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6400 STATE HWY 361 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Aransas in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 flash flood, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Port Aransas | $5,000 | A weak waterspout moved onshore at Port Aransas as a tornado. The weak tornado produced minor damage before dissipating. Minor damage was reported to a few roofs of residents. Patio furniture and debris was scattered across yards and streets.| |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | C-MAN Sentinel station near Port Aransas measured a gust to 61 mph. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Street flooding occurred in Port Aransas from heavy rain, stranding at least one vehicle. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | RV park near Gulf Street and West Avenue A had flood waters up to car bumpers. Pictures were posted on social media. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | Port Aransas TCOON site measured a gust to 58 mph. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | Port Aransas C-MAN station measured a gust to 62 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | TCOON site at Port Aransas measured a gust to 58 mph. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Roads were closed near Avenue J in Port Aransas due to high water. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Portions of Eleventh Street in Port Aransas were impassable due to flood waters. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | KIII-TV received a social media report of flooding in Port Aransas. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Public relayed pictures of flooding in Port Aransas. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Numerous roads were flooded in Port Aransas. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Significant amount of water flooded Cotter Avenue in Port Aransas. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | Heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches left many city streets flooded with one to two feet of water over them. City officials reported several cars stalled in the high water. The following are 24 rainfall totals:Port Aransas (COOP): 5.44 inches |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Port Aransas | - | Tornado began as a Waterspout on the Gulf of Mexico side of Mustang Island. It crossed the island 11 miles Southwest of Port Aransas along Highway 361 as a tornado moving North. It then dissipated over the island. No damage was reported on land or water. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | A small security building to a condominium complex received major damage. Minor roof damage also occurred at an apartment complex, several homes and a nightclub. Power lines were also blown down. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | Police Department report of strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Port Aransas | - | Two funnel clouds reported near the Port Aransas jetties near San Jose Island and Cove Harbor. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Port Aransas | - | The Port Aransas police reported hail. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | The Port Aransas Police reported a 1200 foot fully loaded tanker was pushed into the Port Aransas Jetties. The Corpus Christi Police reported a ten foot tall palm tree blown over and penny-size hail in the City. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Aransas | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustang Beach | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Flour Bluff | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| North Beach | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Peary Place | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Corpus Christi | 17.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gardendale | 19.2 miles | 14 | |
| Nueces | 21.3 miles | 12 | |
| Flour Bluff Junction | 23.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Port Aransas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969386 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344363. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










