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

2,869 matches (likely staff working copies and non-Houston research layers hidden)

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LMI Lowest P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Location 4 FIFA

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Location_4_FIFA

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LOMR CLOMR Points

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · point

HCFCD LOMR & CLOMR Points

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Longenbaugh

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · multipatch
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LookupList Flood

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

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

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Lot Dimensions

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polygon · 4,580,439 records
Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

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…

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Low to Modertate income polutation in Harris County

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

The Land & Water Resources Conservation & Recreation Plan statewide properities inventory.

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

M3 HCFCD Drainage Network

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

M3ProjectPointPublic

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

M3 Project Point Public Stage2

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MAAPNext Channels

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

MAAPNext Draft Results Channels

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

MAAPNext Modeled Channels

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

MAAPNext Modeled Watersheds

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MAAPNext Watersheds

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Watersheds to be used in the MAAPNext Draft Results Page

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Main Bridge

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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main mt

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
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Maintenance Camps

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

*** 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.

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Major Thoroughfares

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polyline · 26,699 records
Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

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…

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Manhole

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · point · 139,755 records
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Manhole Monitors

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · point · 102 records

Hub keywords: HW;Wastewater

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Map: BusRoutesNBN

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

Harris County Metro bus routes.

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Map: BusStops

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Metro bus routes.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Metro bus routes.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Harris County Metro bus routes.

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Map: ParknRides

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Metro bus routes.

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Map: TransitCenters

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Metro bus routes.

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MCAD Parcel

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polygon · 286,304 records
City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · point · 14 records

Hub keywords: FifthWard_KashmereClusterDashboard;MapServer

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