Port Aransas Cleanup and Restoration

Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island.  It is located in Nieces County, Texas, and is 250 miles south of the state capital.  It is located north of Padre Island and is surrounded by Corpus Christi Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Karankawa Indians were living in the area when the Spaniards first arrived in 1519.  Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was commissioned to explore the Gulf Coast and to start mapping the coastline.  The French explorer Pierre-Jean de Beranger was commissioned to explore St. Bernard Bay to establish a colony for France in 1720.  In 1739, Governor Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra named the pass Aránzazu Pass on his map of 1739, because it served the Aránzazu fort. The name was altered to Aransas on the map of a Captain Monroe of the ship Amos Wright in 1833.

In the 1850s the announcement that a regular steamship service route between New Orleans and Port Aransas would begin,  the United States Congress commissioned $12,500 to build the Aransas Pass Lighthouse.  The lighthouse was deactivated almost 100 years later due to a major channel shift that moved a mile away.  In 1952 a new light was established at the Port Aransas Coast Guard Station.

The 1916 Texas Hurricane destroyed Port Aransas except for a few buildings.  Because this area is the first proper land mass that touches the Gulf of Mexico, it also ends up taking the brunt of any wind or water damage.  The small island was completely flooded and then infested with rattlesnakes.  It didn’t take long to repair the flood damage that the island sustained and the city was quickly rebuilt to become a destination for anglers, tourists, and vacationers.

Dealing with rain and wind damage is something that the Port Aransas community has had to deal with multiple times over the years. The SERVPRO team has been serving this area for over 25 years and will continue to be the leader in fire damage, water damage, and any other remediation needs that the Port Aransas community has. Contact the SERVPRO fire and water damage experts today.