Matagorda Island (Texas)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1858 | Fl W 90s. W16. | LHB Light List (US): 361 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 344 | |
| 1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 354 | |
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 356 | |
| 1870 | Fl W 90s. W8. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 351 |
| 1878 | Fl W 90s. W15. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 443 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 462 | |
| 1886 | Fl W 90s. W151/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 594 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 633 | |
| 1893 | Fl W 90s. W143/4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 843 |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1023 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1038 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1263 | |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1403 | |
| 1915 | Fl W 90s. W15. fl 9. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1984 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2153 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2236 | |
| 1927 | Fl W 20s. W15. fl 2. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2566 |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2551 | |
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3323 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3610 | |
| 1945-1947 | ||
| 1950-1952 | ||
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5491 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6473 | |
| 1960 | Fl W 20s. W15. fl 0.8. | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6473 | |
| 1963 | ||
| 1965-1966 | ||
| 1969-1970 | Fl W 20s. W15. | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 220 |
| 1972 | ||
| 1973-1974 | Fl W 20s. W25. | |
| 1976 | ||
| 1982 | Fl W 6s. W8. | |
| 1990 | USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1160 | |
| 2004 | Fl W 3s. fl 0.3. | USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1312 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1858 | 3rd | 79 | 96 | Cast iron tower, painted white, black, and red, in horizontal bands. | LHB Light List (US): 361 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 344 | ||||
| 1866 | Cast-iron tower, painted white, black, and red, in horizontal bands. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 354 | |||
| 1868 | 5th | Temporary wooden tower. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 356 | ||
| 1870 | N/A | 35 | Temporary wooden tower; lantern black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 351 | |
| 1878 | 3rd | 84 | 91 | Cast-iron tower, in the form of a truncated cone, and is painted black. The keepers' dwelling, a one and a half story frame house, painted white, stands a few yards northeast of the tower. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 443 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 462 | ||||
| 1886 | Black conical tower; white dwelling, a few yards to N. E. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 594 | |||
| 1888 | Black conical tower; two white dwellings, a few yards to N. E. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 633 | |||
| 1893 | 851/4 | Black conical tower; two white dwellings, a few yards to NE. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 843 | ||
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1023 | ||||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1038 | ||||
| 1905 | Black conical tower; two white dwellings, one a few yards northeasterly and the other a few yards southeasterly of the tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1263 | |||
| 1908 | Black conical tower; two white dwellings, one a few yards NE'ly and the other a few yards SE'ly of the tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1403 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | 90 | 85 | Black, conical tower. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1984 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2153 | ||||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2236 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2566 | ||||
| 1931 | 3 iov | Black conical tower. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2551 | ||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3323 | ||||
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3610 | ||||
| 1945-1947 | 3 e | ||||
| 1950-1952 | |||||
| 1953 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5491 | |||
| 1954-1955 | 92 | 90 | |||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6473 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6473 | ||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1965-1966 | |||||
| 1969-1970 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 220 | |||
| 1972-1974 | |||||
| 1976 | |||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1990 | USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1160 | ||||
| 2004 | USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1312 |
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1852 - 1872 (Approximate location. Temporary 1865 lighthouse assumed to near same location.) |
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1873 - Present |