Artificial Reefs - Reefs Locations and Map

Reef Name/ Block
Structures
Water Depth Distance from Shore
Location
Donors

1 S.A.L.T. - H.I. 85
No Material To Date
39 ft.

17 NM Sabine Pass 29° 21' 30.844"N 93° 50' 03.601"W
No Donors to Date

2 Basco's Reef -

H.I. 117

22 Concrete Blocks

50 quarry rocks
43 ft.

22 NM Sabine Pass 29° 18' 00.851"N 93° 53' 18.608"W
U. S. Coast Guard

Reed Tool Company

OMI Offshore Marine Services

3 Sabine - H.I. 117 No Material To Date
36 ft.

23 NM Sabine 29° 18' 12.848"N 93° 55' 18.612"W
No Donor to Date

4 Galveston Pipe -

Barr's Reef

5 clusters of Concrete Pipes

100 Reef Balls
54 ft.

11.2 NM Galveston
29° 08' 24.869"N 94° 42' 06.694"W

29° 08' 20.310"N 94° 42' 02.900"W
Tx Parks and Wildlife

4 Mitchell's 12-Mile Reef - Galveston 189
Two 4-pile jackets

1 Conductor
60 ft.

11 NM Galveston
29° 08' 38.200"N 94° 40' 47.732"W

29° 08' 39.195"N 94° 40' 48.737"W

29° 08' 39.059"N 94° 40' 47.326"W

Mitchell Energy Corporation

5 George Vancouver Liberty Ship -- State Tract 336-L
1 Ship
45 ft.

9 NM Freeport 28° 47' 34.817"N 95° 20' 52.052"W
U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council

6 Freeport Liberty Ship Reef Complex

Galveston A-22

V. A. Fogg Reef

Conoco/Galveston County

HL&P Reef

Star Reef Detailed Map

B.F. Shaw; William H. Allen; One T-2 Tanker

Welded Pipe Structure

300 (2-Ton) Fly-Ash Blocks

Six 4-pile Jackets from Buccaneer Field -- in shape of a star
105 ft.

32 NM Freeport
28° 35' 52.612"N 94° 48' 41.782"W 28° 35' 38.954"N 94° 48' 44.295"W 28° 35' 36.600"N 94° 48' 44.937"W

28° 35' 35.593"N 94° 48' 43.358"W

28° 35' 36.065"N 94° 48' 45.833"W

28° 35' 47.724"N 94° 48' 42.519"W 28° 35' 47.724"N 94° 48' 41.368"W 28° 35' 46.731"N 94° 48' 40.469"W 28° 35' 46.061"N 94° 48' 40.709"W 28° 35' 45.542"N 94° 48' 41.587"W 28° 35' 46.104"N 94° 48' 42.724"W

U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council

Conoco & Galveston County

Houston Lighting and Power company

Cal Dive International Blue Dolphin Energy Resources

7 H.I. A-281
Three 4-pile Jackets Clustered
185 ft.

75 NM Galveston
28° 21' 50.991"N 93° 47' 07.163"W

28° 21' 54.344"N 93° 47' 03.824"W

Chevron USA. Inc.

Seagull Energy Corp.

8 H.I. A-298
One 4-pile Jacket

Two 8-pile Jackets
192 ft.

80 NM Galveston 28° 18' 12.424"N 93° 46' 00.687"W 28° 18' 14.195"N 93° 45' 59.359"W 28° 18' 12.212"N 93° 46' 01.091"W
Phillips Petroleum Company

Freeport-McMoran

9 H.I. A-315
8-pile Jacket

3-pile Jacket
214 ft.

86 NM Galveston
28° 12' 50.871"N 93° 41' 56.366"W

28° 12' 47.895"N 93° 41' 53.271"W

Mesa Petroleum Company

Union Pacific Resources Company

10 H.I. A-520 Reef
8-pile Jacket
238 ft.

84 NM Galveston 28° 07' 28.319"N 93° 57' 24.215"W
Oxy USA, Inc.

10 H.I. A-355 Reef
8-pile Jacket
305 ft.

102 NM Galveston 28° 02' 30.419"N 93° 42' 33.645"W
Oxy USA, Inc.

11 H.I. A-492 Reef
4-pile Jacket
195 ft.

75 NM Galveston 28° 13' 41.947"N 94° 03' 28.606"W
Transco

11 H.I. A-515 Reef
4-pile Jacket
202 ft.

78 NM Galveston 28° 07' 43.198"N 94° 12' 47.103"W
Samedan Oil Corporation

12 H.I. A-487
4-pile Jacket
170 ft.

70 NM Galveston 28° 14' 55.946"N 94° 16' 19.570"W
Amerada Hess Corporation

13 H.I. A-567
8-pile Jacket

4-pile Platform
288 ft.

87 NM Galveston
27° 58' 31.798"N 94° 13' 03.501"W

27° 58' 31.206"N 94° 13' 07.985"W

Challenger Minerals Inc.

Ocean Energy Corporation

14 H.I. A-542
4-pile Jacket
230 ft.

82 NM Freeport 28° 02' 50.685"N 94° 09' 06.713"W
Hall-Houston Oil Company

15 H.I. A-480
4-pile Jacket

Cut In Half
155 ft.

57 NM Galveston 28° 17' 13.950"N 94° 28' 42.665"W
Samedan Oil Corporation

15 GA-A-125
4-pile Jacket
166 ft.

65 NM Galveston 28° 15' 03.159"N 94° 43' 17.659"W Levinson Partner, Inc.

15 H. I. A-532 Reef
8-pile Jacket
191-ft.

74 NM Galveston 28° 05' 56.551"N 94° 30' 43.377"W
Kerr-McGee Corporation

16 Brazos A-28
Two 4-pile Jackets Clustered
150 ft.

49 NM Matagorda Isl.
28° 08' 59.869"N 95° 29' 42.334"W

28° 08' 59.927"N 95° 29' 42.426"W

Mobil Exploration and Producing U. S., Inc.

Samedan Oil Corp.

17 Matagorda Island Liberty Ship Reef

MI-616-L Detailed Map

3 Ships --

Dwight L. Moody; Jim Bridger; George Dewey
108 ft.

21 NM Matagorda 28° 06' 59.732"N 96° 05' 12.035"W 28° 07' 00.183"N 96° 05' 17.745"W 28° 06' 55.442"N 96° 05' 09.327"W
U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council

18 Brazos A-132
8-pile Jacket
204 ft.

40 NM Matagorda Isl. 27° 49' 22.062"N 95° 59' 25.573"W
Arco Oil and Gas Company

19 MI 712 Reef
Platform Deck
130 ft.

25 NM Aransas Pass 27° 49' 58.324"N 96° 30' 23.245"W Chevron USA, Inc.

20 Boatmen's State Tract 746-L
40 Concrete Culverts Barge
60 ft.

6 NM Aransas Pass
27° 46' 23.266"N 96° 58' 18.171"W

27° 46' 26.106"N 96° 58' 15.951"W

TPWD, Boatmen's Association

Gifford Hill Co., OXY U.S.A., Brown & Root Co.

21 Lone Star State Tract 770-L
3 Barges
72 ft.

10 NM Aransas Pass 27° 41' 31.118"N 96° 58' 30.947"W
TPWD

Boatmen's Association

22 Mustang Island Liberty Ship Reef

MU-802-L Detailed Map

3 Ships

Conrad Weiser; Charles A. Dana; Rachel Jackson
110 ft.

18 NM Aransas Pass 27° 34' 06.516"N 96° 51' 33.293"W 27° 34' 04.536"N 96° 51' 38.605"W 27° 34' 01.493"N 96° 51' 34.482"W
U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council

23 Port Mansfield Liberty Ship South Padre Island 1070-L

Detailed Map

3 Ships -- Edward W. Scrippps; George L. Farley; Joshua Thomas

Six 4-pile Jackets -- 3 cut into two
102 ft.

15 NM Port Mansfield Jetty 26° 25' 35.597"N 97° 01' 17.224"W 26° 25' 31.665"N 97° 01' 30.295"W 26° 25' 30.503"N 97° 01' 38.520"W 26° 25' 30.304"N 97° 01' 22.682"W 26° 25' 31.098"N 97° 01' 21.647"W 26° 25' 30.016"N 97° 01' 20.357"W 26° 25' 29.663"N 97° 01' 23.708"W 26° 25' 39.929"N 97° 01' 36.087"W 26° 25' 45.089"N 97° 01' 36.867"W 26° 25' 45.379"N 97° 01' 27.327"W 26° 25' 37.639"N 97° 01' 13.676"W 26° 25' 30.179"N 97° 01' 15.916"W
U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council

Smit Americas, Inc.

Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. (MEPUS)

24 Port Isabel/S. Padre Island Reef

State Tract 1169-L

Two 3-pile Jackets Clustered

Tugboat - Courtney Lee

32 Reef Balls

U.S. Navy YR-26 Barge
75 ft.

7 NM Santiago Pass
25° 58' 10.158"N 97° 03' 58.301"W

25° 58' 06.078"N 97° 03' 54.781"W

25° 58' 04.950"N 97° 03' 56.990"W

25° 58' 09.120"N 97° 03' 58.990"W

25° 58' 10.800"N 97° 03' 47.400"W

Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. (MEPUS)

Marine Salvage and Services, Inc.

TPWD

Surplus Naval Barge

25 H.I. A-341
Two 4-pile Jackets
254 ft.

94 NM Galveston 28° 05' 38.735"N 93° 52' 01.281"W 28° 05' 39.728"N 93° 51' 59.903"W
Unocal

26 North Padre Isl. Reef A-58
4-pile Jacket

Base;Top
252 ft.

54 NM Port Aransas 26° 56' 07.728"N 96° 45' 09.865"W 26° 56' 07.747"N 96° 45' 08.852"W
Union Pacific Resources Company

26 North Padre Isl. Reef A-72
3-pile Jacket Base
204 ft.

33 NM Port Mansfield 26° 52' 20.936"N 96° 46' 19.296"W
Seagull Energy Corporation

26 North Padre 967 Reef
4-pile Jacket

cut in half
125 ft.

21 NM Port Mansfield
26° 52' 02.887"N 97° 03' 00.052"W

26° 52' 02.468"N 97° 02' 58.809"W

Samedan Oil Corporation

* H. I. is High Island

** All locations are provided in NAD83 for the center of the reef

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Last Revision: December 13, 1999

1 S.A.L.T. - H.I. 85	No Material To Date	39 ft. 17 NM Sabine Pass	29° 21' 30.844"N 93° 50' 03.601"W	No Donors to Date
2 Basco's Reef - H.I. 117	22 Concrete Blocks 50 quarry rocks	43 ft. 22 NM Sabine Pass	29° 18' 00.851"N 93° 53' 18.608"W	U. S. Coast Guard Reed Tool Company OMI Offshore Marine Services
3 Sabine - H.I. 117	No Material To Date	36 ft. 23 NM Sabine	29° 18' 12.848"N 93° 55' 18.612"W	No Donor to Date
4 Galveston Pipe - Barr's Reef	5 clusters of Concrete Pipes 100 Reef Balls	54 ft. 11.2 NM Galveston	29° 08' 24.869"N 94° 42' 06.694"W 29° 08' 20.310"N 94° 42' 02.900"W	Tx Parks and Wildlife
4 Mitchell's 12-Mile Reef - Galveston 189	Two 4-pile jackets 1 Conductor	60 ft. 11 NM Galveston	29° 08' 38.200"N 94° 40' 47.732"W 29° 08' 39.195"N 94° 40' 48.737"W 29° 08' 39.059"N 94° 40' 47.326"W	Mitchell Energy Corporation
5 George Vancouver Liberty Ship -- State Tract 336-L	1 Ship	45 ft. 9 NM Freeport	28° 47' 34.817"N 95° 20' 52.052"W	U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council
6 Freeport Liberty Ship Reef Complex Galveston A-22 V. A. Fogg Reef Conoco/Galveston County HL&P Reef Star Reef Detailed Map	B.F. Shaw; William H. Allen; One T-2 Tanker Welded Pipe Structure 300 (2-Ton) Fly-Ash Blocks Six 4-pile Jackets from Buccaneer Field -- in shape of a star	105 ft. 32 NM Freeport	28° 35' 52.612"N 94° 48' 41.782"W 28° 35' 38.954"N 94° 48' 44.295"W 28° 35' 36.600"N 94° 48' 44.937"W 28° 35' 35.593"N 94° 48' 43.358"W 28° 35' 36.065"N 94° 48' 45.833"W 28° 35' 47.724"N 94° 48' 42.519"W 28° 35' 47.724"N 94° 48' 41.368"W 28° 35' 46.731"N 94° 48' 40.469"W 28° 35' 46.061"N 94° 48' 40.709"W 28° 35' 45.542"N 94° 48' 41.587"W 28° 35' 46.104"N 94° 48' 42.724"W	U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council Conoco & Galveston County Houston Lighting and Power company Cal Dive International Blue Dolphin Energy Resources
7 H.I. A-281	Three 4-pile Jackets Clustered	185 ft. 75 NM Galveston	28° 21' 50.991"N 93° 47' 07.163"W 28° 21' 54.344"N 93° 47' 03.824"W	Chevron USA. Inc. Seagull Energy Corp.
8 H.I. A-298	One 4-pile Jacket Two 8-pile Jackets	192 ft. 80 NM Galveston	28° 18' 12.424"N 93° 46' 00.687"W 28° 18' 14.195"N 93° 45' 59.359"W 28° 18' 12.212"N 93° 46' 01.091"W	Phillips Petroleum Company Freeport-McMoran
9 H.I. A-315	8-pile Jacket 3-pile Jacket	214 ft. 86 NM Galveston	28° 12' 50.871"N 93° 41' 56.366"W 28° 12' 47.895"N 93° 41' 53.271"W	Mesa Petroleum Company Union Pacific Resources Company
10 H.I. A-520 Reef	8-pile Jacket	238 ft. 84 NM Galveston	28° 07' 28.319"N 93° 57' 24.215"W	Oxy USA, Inc.
10 H.I. A-355 Reef	8-pile Jacket	305 ft. 102 NM Galveston	28° 02' 30.419"N 93° 42' 33.645"W	Oxy USA, Inc.
11 H.I. A-492 Reef	4-pile Jacket	195 ft. 75 NM Galveston	28° 13' 41.947"N 94° 03' 28.606"W	Transco
11 H.I. A-515 Reef	4-pile Jacket	202 ft. 78 NM Galveston	28° 07' 43.198"N 94° 12' 47.103"W	Samedan Oil Corporation
12 H.I. A-487	4-pile Jacket	170 ft. 70 NM Galveston	28° 14' 55.946"N 94° 16' 19.570"W	Amerada Hess Corporation
13 H.I. A-567	8-pile Jacket 4-pile Platform	288 ft. 87 NM Galveston	27° 58' 31.798"N 94° 13' 03.501"W 27° 58' 31.206"N 94° 13' 07.985"W	Challenger Minerals Inc. Ocean Energy Corporation
14 H.I. A-542	4-pile Jacket	230 ft. 82 NM Freeport	28° 02' 50.685"N 94° 09' 06.713"W	Hall-Houston Oil Company
15 H.I. A-480	4-pile Jacket Cut In Half	155 ft. 57 NM Galveston	28° 17' 13.950"N 94° 28' 42.665"W	Samedan Oil Corporation
15 GA-A-125	4-pile Jacket	166 ft. 65 NM Galveston	28° 15' 03.159"N 94° 43' 17.659"W	Levinson Partner, Inc.
15 H. I. A-532 Reef	8-pile Jacket	191-ft. 74 NM Galveston	28° 05' 56.551"N 94° 30' 43.377"W	Kerr-McGee Corporation
16 Brazos A-28	Two 4-pile Jackets Clustered	150 ft. 49 NM Matagorda Isl.	28° 08' 59.869"N 95° 29' 42.334"W 28° 08' 59.927"N 95° 29' 42.426"W	Mobil Exploration and Producing U. S., Inc. Samedan Oil Corp.
17 Matagorda Island Liberty Ship Reef MI-616-L Detailed Map	3 Ships -- Dwight L. Moody; Jim Bridger; George Dewey	108 ft. 21 NM Matagorda	28° 06' 59.732"N 96° 05' 12.035"W 28° 07' 00.183"N 96° 05' 17.745"W 28° 06' 55.442"N 96° 05' 09.327"W	U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council
18 Brazos A-132	8-pile Jacket	204 ft. 40 NM Matagorda Isl.	27° 49' 22.062"N 95° 59' 25.573"W	Arco Oil and Gas Company
19 MI 712 Reef	Platform Deck	130 ft. 25 NM Aransas Pass	27° 49' 58.324"N 96° 30' 23.245"W	Chevron USA, Inc.
20 Boatmen's State Tract 746-L	40 Concrete Culverts Barge	60 ft. 6 NM Aransas Pass	27° 46' 23.266"N 96° 58' 18.171"W 27° 46' 26.106"N 96° 58' 15.951"W	TPWD, Boatmen's Association Gifford Hill Co., OXY U.S.A., Brown & Root Co.
21 Lone Star State Tract 770-L	3 Barges	72 ft. 10 NM Aransas Pass	27° 41' 31.118"N 96° 58' 30.947"W	TPWD Boatmen's Association
22 Mustang Island Liberty Ship Reef MU-802-L Detailed Map	3 Ships Conrad Weiser; Charles A. Dana; Rachel Jackson	110 ft. 18 NM Aransas Pass	27° 34' 06.516"N 96° 51' 33.293"W 27° 34' 04.536"N 96° 51' 38.605"W 27° 34' 01.493"N 96° 51' 34.482"W	U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council
23 Port Mansfield Liberty Ship South Padre Island 1070-L Detailed Map	3 Ships -- Edward W. Scrippps; George L. Farley; Joshua Thomas Six 4-pile Jackets -- 3 cut into two	102 ft. 15 NM Port Mansfield Jetty	26° 25' 35.597"N 97° 01' 17.224"W 26° 25' 31.665"N 97° 01' 30.295"W 26° 25' 30.503"N 97° 01' 38.520"W 26° 25' 30.304"N 97° 01' 22.682"W 26° 25' 31.098"N 97° 01' 21.647"W 26° 25' 30.016"N 97° 01' 20.357"W 26° 25' 29.663"N 97° 01' 23.708"W 26° 25' 39.929"N 97° 01' 36.087"W 26° 25' 45.089"N 97° 01' 36.867"W 26° 25' 45.379"N 97° 01' 27.327"W 26° 25' 37.639"N 97° 01' 13.676"W 26° 25' 30.179"N 97° 01' 15.916"W	U. S Navy Texas Coastal & Marine Council Smit Americas, Inc. Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. (MEPUS)
24 Port Isabel/S. Padre Island Reef State Tract 1169-L	Two 3-pile Jackets Clustered Tugboat - Courtney Lee 32 Reef Balls U.S. Navy YR-26 Barge	75 ft. 7 NM Santiago Pass	25° 58' 10.158"N 97° 03' 58.301"W 25° 58' 06.078"N 97° 03' 54.781"W 25° 58' 04.950"N 97° 03' 56.990"W 25° 58' 09.120"N 97° 03' 58.990"W 25° 58' 10.800"N 97° 03' 47.400"W	Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. (MEPUS) Marine Salvage and Services, Inc. TPWD Surplus Naval Barge
25 H.I. A-341	Two 4-pile Jackets	254 ft. 94 NM Galveston	28° 05' 38.735"N 93° 52' 01.281"W 28° 05' 39.728"N 93° 51' 59.903"W	Unocal
26 North Padre Isl. Reef A-58	4-pile Jacket Base;Top	252 ft. 54 NM Port Aransas	26° 56' 07.728"N 96° 45' 09.865"W 26° 56' 07.747"N 96° 45' 08.852"W	Union Pacific Resources Company
26 North Padre Isl. Reef A-72	3-pile Jacket Base	204 ft. 33 NM Port Mansfield	26° 52' 20.936"N 96° 46' 19.296"W	Seagull Energy Corporation
26 North Padre 967 Reef	4-pile Jacket cut in half	125 ft. 21 NM Port Mansfield	26° 52' 02.887"N 97° 03' 00.052"W 26° 52' 02.468"N 97° 02' 58.809"W	Samedan Oil Corporation