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)

City of Houston Open Data (data.houstontx.gov) · dataset · updated 2023-06-30 · ZIP

[Legacy Portal] This dataset includes an ESRI geodatabase of Rebuild Houston data that is publicly available on the Rebuild Houston website at http://verify.rebuildhouston.org/prod/mapscip.htm...

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Recycler

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

Redistricting Impacts - Operations

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Redistricting Impacts - Operations

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Reference Marks

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Harris County Floodplain Reference Marks. DRAFT

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Regional Channels

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polyline
Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

In order for others to use the information in the Census TIGER data base in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications,...

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Regional Watersheds

Harris County Flood Control District ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Regional Watersheds for the Harris County Flood Control District.

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

[City Secretary's Office] Individuals or companies that choose to lobby the City of Houston City Council or Administration must be registered with the City Secretary. While this list is updated...

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

The following Data include Lead Homes within Harris County

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Flagged voter addresses related to re-precincting efforts

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

[Legal Department] The City of Houston's Legal Department maintains a database of all potential deed restriction violations reported to the City of Houston. This dataset represents all violations...

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

This folder includes climate data processed from grid level to 9-county level.

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

CCAP Land Cover summary statistics for 22 classes.

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Restaurants p4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polygon · 410 records

Hub keywords: DIR;Misc;Miscellaneous;Historical

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Restrooms PCT4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

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