Alice sprays neighborhoods after rain leaves standing water

Alice residents saw city spray trucks move into multiple neighborhoods after recent rain left standing water across town, a fast response aimed at keeping mosquito numbers from rising with the heat.

The City of Alice began spraying on June 2, 2026, after wet weather created the kind of puddling that can turn quickly into a mosquito problem around homes, yards and drainage areas. The effort is meant to protect the routines that get disrupted first, including evening time outside, yard work and children playing after sunset.

Alice Parks Director Miguel Chapa said the city was not treating the problem as isolated or minor. “Just like everybody else in the Coastal Bend there are mosquitoes in Alice also. And we are tackling them,” Chapa said.

That warning fits the region’s summer pattern. Texas Department of State Health Services guidance says heavy rain and flooding can increase nuisance floodwater mosquitoes because standing water gives them a place to multiply. In practical terms, that means a few days of wet weather can become a week or more of bites if puddles, low spots and containers are left alone.

Jim Wells County has seen the issue become more than a nuisance before. County records show a mosquito trapped on July 30, 2024, near County Road 129 and Farm-to-Market 1554 tested positive for West Nile virus. The county lists vector control among the responsibilities of its safety department, underscoring that mosquito work is part of routine public safety, not just seasonal housekeeping.

The county and the City of Alice also have existing warning tools in place. They operate eight outdoor warning sirens, including six in Alice and one south of the city in the Ben Bolt-Green Acres area. Jim Wells County, Alice and the City of Orange Grove also share a mass-notification system called Be Alert, giving local officials another way to push out public-safety information when conditions change fast.

Alice’s spraying was not happening in isolation. KRIS reported that Corpus Christi also expanded mosquito spraying in early June 2026, pointing to a broader Coastal Bend response after recent rainfall. For families across Jim Wells County, the message was simple: rain has already set the stage, and the city is moving now to keep mosquitoes from taking over the block.