Houston Open Data Explorer

Houston Open Data Catalog

Houston and Harris County publish a huge amount of open data, scattered across dozens of portals nobody tracks. This catalog lists every dataset we've found in one place, whether or not it's loaded into the explorer. Know a source we're missing? Add it, and it's shared with everyone.

7,221datasets and layers found
17portals and publishers
153loaded and joinable in the explorer
Where the data lives (17 sources)
SourceWhat it isItemsLoaded
Harris County ArcGIS Online
services.arcgis.com
One organization shared by county departments, precincts and staff. Mixes authoritative layers (fire stations, parks, crashes) with many working copies and one-off maps; review before use. 3,11216
Rice University ArcGIS Online
services.arcgis.com
Research and class projects. Houston gems (HCFCD buyout lots, draft 2026 FEMA flood map, historical census, redlining) among worldwide student work. Research copies of agency data need permission before reuse. 2,8880
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online
services2.arcgis.com
Environmental and regional research layers; source of the 2021 city cool-center list. 5281
City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs)
geohub.houstontx.gov
Two Hub sites (Public Works geohub, citywide mycity) over several ArcGIS servers. Official. 314119
Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online
services2.arcgis.com
High-water marks, floodplains, projects, acreage by program. Source of the storm HWM layers. 2654
City of Houston Open Data (data.houstontx.gov)
data.houstontx.gov
Separate from the GIS hubs. Mostly spreadsheets; finance (checkbook, payroll, budget) and census stay current, much else frozen since a 2023 migration. 940
U.S. Census Bureau
api.census.gov
43
FEMA (OpenFEMA and National Flood Hazard Layer)
www.fema.gov
43
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
data.epa.gov
22
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
data.cdc.gov
22
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.texas.gov
21
Texas Water Development Board
www.twdb.texas.gov
11
U.S. Geological Survey water data
waterservices.usgs.gov
10
City of Houston 311 public data extracts
www.houstontx.gov
11
METRO (Harris County transit)
www.ridemetro.org
10
Stanford Open Policing Project
openpolicing.stanford.edu
10
TxDOT Crash Records Information System (CRIS)
cris.dot.state.tx.us
10

505 matches (likely staff working copies and non-Houston research layers hidden)

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

The Food Access Research Atlas presents an overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket...

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USGS Gage Stations

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

The Site Inventory System contains and provides access to inventory information about sites at stream reaches, wells, test holes, springs, tunnels, drains, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, excavations, and water-use facilities.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Drifter path in Lake Livingston.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Water Quality and Nutrients data in Lake Livingston. Sampled by USGS.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This dataset includes the integration of easement boundaries and their accompanying tabular data from National Easements Staging Tool (NEST) database.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

USGS Watersheds HUC 10.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC10 Watersheds. Include new NOAA CCAP 2021.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

USGS Watersheds HUC 12.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC12 Watersheds. Include new NOAA CCAP 2021.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

USGS HUC 6 Watersheds.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC6 Watersheds. Include new NOAA CCAP 2021.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC6 Watersheds.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

USGS Watersheds HUC 8.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC8 Watersheds. Include new NOAA CCAP 2021.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Summary statistics for Texas USGS HUC8 Watersheds.

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Waco FEMA100yrFP

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Number of homes deferred from weatherization for non-language based reasons (types of deferrals this project can address) in Harris County.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Harris County Deferral Issue Category data by Zip Code. Data from BakerRipley, cleaned by Sequoia Riley and Margaret Cook. 2019-2022 data.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Travis County, Harris County, CenterPoint, Austin Energy. The four areas are meant to show whether and what part of the WAP platform will be useful.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Number of homes weatherized in the last 15 years in Harris, Travis, and Jefferson Counties

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Columbia Trail Heads.

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WC Green Corridor

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

World Cup Houston Fan Festival boundary.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Key Sites for World Cup Green Corridor area.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

Data downloaded Mar 31, 2023 from the Metro Feature service - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=343e60c289184204b4e16224ce673af3 Depict location of existing METRO Rail Stations in a regional setting.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Data downloaded Mar 31, 2023 from the Metro Feature service - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=343e60c289184204b4e16224ce673af3 Depict location of existing METRO Rail Stations in a regional setting.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

HPB Trails and Greenways. This dataset includes trails built by the Houston Parks Board, and also trails built by others.

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online · layer · point

HPB Trails and Greenways. This dataset includes trails built by the Houston Parks Board, and also trails built by others.

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Found Houston or Harris County open data we don't list? A portal, a map service, a spreadsheet on an agency page, a research dataset? Tell us where it is. Reviewed suggestions are added to the catalog for everyone.