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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Mowing Areas

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Mowing in P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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MUD216 point

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

GIS data files downloaded from HCAD (http://pdata.hcad.org) 4/11/23. GIS MUD data is updated quarterly by HCAD GIS personnel and uploaded to repository. The last HCAD update Apr 2023 next update Jan 2024

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MUD Pct4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

GIS data files downloaded from HCAD (http://pdata.hcad.org) 4/11/23. GIS MUD data is updated quarterly by HCAD GIS personnel and uploaded to repository. The last HCAD update Apr 2023 next update Jan 2024

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MUD Pct4top5

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

GIS data files downloaded from HCAD (http://pdata.hcad.org) 4/11/23. GIS MUD data is updated quarterly by HCAD GIS personnel and uploaded to repository. The last HCAD update Apr 2023 next update Jan 2024

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MUDs

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Mulch

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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Mulch Sites

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Mulch Sites

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Mulch Tire

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Solid Waste Mulch & Tire Location

City of Houston Open Data (data.houstontx.gov) · dataset · updated 2023-06-09 · ZIP

[Legacy Portal] Summary Shows area where people cannot use groundwater to drink. They are privately owned and the tracking that is currently going on is for completed and approved...

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This layer depicts Harris County Mosquito Control's Operational Area Boundaries that were initially created during the formation of the program in order to aid in the application of adulticides by providing for appropriately sized geographic areas which could be sprayed in a give…

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My Tracker

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Location Tracking Template Service for Collector Apps

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NACIS 62 P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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NA Household Income

Rice University ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

US, CA 2020 median household income; MEX 2020 average household income https://en.www.inegi.org.mx/investigacion/icmm/#open_data

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Naphthalene

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Harris County Pollution Control Naphthalene

City of Houston Open Data (data.houstontx.gov) · dataset · updated 2023-06-09 · XLSX

[Legacy Portal] Jan 2014-Dec 2014 Natural gas consumption

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NBS Database 2025

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

NBS project locations.

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

NBS project locations.

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Neighborhoods

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

This data layer is defined by the City of Houston Planning and Development Department and maintained by Neighborhood Planning Division.

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NERC Regions

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

This data was created for the purpose of identifying North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Regions.

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Current, court approved, official commissioner precincts for Harris County TX 2022

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NEW Liaison Areas

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Texas, statewide zip code boundaries acquired from Pitney-Bowes

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New OMB CIP FY2025

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

New_OMB_CIP_FY2025

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NewPCT2

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

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

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NewSet

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline

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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.