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)

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P4 HighInjury

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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P4 Outfalls

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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P4Parks 2026

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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P4roads all

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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P4 trails 2025

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

Harris County managed Hike & Bike Trails as specified on public maps by each Precinct.

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P4 WWH

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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Parcel P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Parcel P4 land

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Parcels

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Parcel-level dataset identifying properties within Harris County Precinct 2 that meet selected land classification, flood hazard, and community resilience criteria. The layer serves as a screening and decision-support resource for identifying parcels with potential suitability fo…

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Parcel polygon is the delineation of the property boundary and that were impacted by dumping.

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Park

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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Park camps

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Parks

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Points created from current Parks (polygon) layer on 5/2/23 Parks layer information: Edits thru 2/27/23 Pcts 3 and 4 noted 2/10/23 AD DYESS changed back to PCT 3 after election, other minor changes, all noted EDITS 5/18/22 reflect AD Dyess, Rothwood ***NOV 1, 2021 Precinct revisi…

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Parks and Trails in Harris County Precinct 4. Updated 1/18/23

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Parks Gulfton

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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parkslocations

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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Parks Mowing1

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Parks Pct4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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parks projects

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Feature layer generated from running the Find by Attributes and Location analysis tool.

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Parks Trails P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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ParkTrails NEW

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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PasadenaRd

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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PCI 0 69

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

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