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

1,550 matches (likely staff working copies and non-Houston research layers hidden)

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Harris County ITC help center operator look up layers

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Other Concern

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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Other Districts

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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OtherLine

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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Outfalls

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · table

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This web map focuses on Health related infrastructure in Harris Commissioner Precincts and depicts Harris County boundaries and other layers of interest to Harris County Public Health staff.

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P 2 as Reference

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Current, court approved, official commissioner precincts for Harris County TX

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P2 Cities

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

GIS data files downloaded from HCAD (http://pdata.hcad.org) 4/11/23 GIS Parcel data is updated quarterly by HCAD GIS personnel and uploaded to repository. The last HCAD update was April 2023 next update July 2023

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p2vendor info

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

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