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.
| Source | What it is | Items | Loaded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 3,112 | 16 |
| 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. | 2,888 | 0 |
| Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) ArcGIS Online services2.arcgis.com |
Environmental and regional research layers; source of the 2021 city cool-center list. | 528 | 1 |
| City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) geohub.houstontx.gov |
Two Hub sites (Public Works geohub, citywide mycity) over several ArcGIS servers. Official. | 314 | 119 |
| Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online services2.arcgis.com |
High-water marks, floodplains, projects, acreage by program. Source of the storm HWM layers. | 265 | 4 |
| 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. | 94 | 0 |
| U.S. Census Bureau api.census.gov |
4 | 3 | |
| FEMA (OpenFEMA and National Flood Hazard Layer) www.fema.gov |
4 | 3 | |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data.epa.gov |
2 | 2 | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.cdc.gov |
2 | 2 | |
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality www.tceq.texas.gov |
2 | 1 | |
| Texas Water Development Board www.twdb.texas.gov |
1 | 1 | |
| U.S. Geological Survey water data waterservices.usgs.gov |
1 | 0 | |
| City of Houston 311 public data extracts www.houstontx.gov |
1 | 1 | |
| METRO (Harris County transit) www.ridemetro.org |
1 | 0 | |
| Stanford Open Policing Project openpolicing.stanford.edu |
1 | 0 | |
| TxDOT Crash Records Information System (CRIS) cris.dot.state.tx.us |
1 | 0 |
1,550 matches (likely staff working copies and non-Houston research layers hidden)
Location_4_FIFA
This feature class was created using the following tool parameters: - Area of Interest: in_memory\f6774A1A1_FBF0_4093_9899_EEA092AF7E1B - Output Feature Class: GenerateTessellation2 - Cell Geometry Type: H3_HEXAGON - H3 Resolution: 8
This service identifies U.S. Census Block Groups in which 51% or more of the households earn less than 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program requires that each CDBG funded activity must either principally benefit low- and…
Low to Modertate income polutation in Harris County
LTAC_Facilities_HC_only_WL
LTAC_SETRAC_HCPH_Combo_HC_all
*** MASTER COPY EDITED TO INCLUDE ROAD LOG CHANGES PER REDISTRICTING COMPLETE JUNE 2022 Displays Road Maintenance Camps redrawn after 2021 redistricting of Commissioners Precincts. Completed FEB 2022 by HCEng GIS with input from each precinct. Contact data to be added.
Management Districts are created by Texas Legislature. This data layer is digitized by the City of Houston Planning and Development Department, GIS Services Division from property descriptions obtained from the state statutes by the Public Policy Division of the Planning and Deve…
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
Harris County Metro bus routes.
METRO's New Bus Network transforms the local bus system from one that is mostly raidial to a more grid-like configuration region-wide. Local routes are simpler and straigher and are more frequent where needed. Bus routes are generally shorter and less complicated for improved r…
Locations for boarding or alighting the Houston METRO bus system. This data is used for map display, query and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS) software. This data is also imported into, and used in Trapeze FX, a bus scheduling software. From there, the bus stop lo…
GIS analysis & display
The area within which METRO may collect sales tax.
Locations for boarding or alighting the Houston METRO bus system. This data is used for map display, query and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS) software. This data is also imported into, and used in Trapeze FX, a bus scheduling software. From there, the bus stop lo…
Locations for boarding or alighting the Houston METRO bus system. This data is used for map display, query and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS) software. This data is also imported into, and used in Trapeze FX, a bus scheduling software. From there, the bus stop lo…
Locations for boarding or alighting the Houston METRO bus system. This data is used for map display, query and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS) software. This data is also imported into, and used in Trapeze FX, a bus scheduling software. From there, the bus stop lo…
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.