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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Sales Parcel

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polyline · 915 records

Hub keywords: CIP;Capital Projects;Sales

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · point · 1,747 records

Hub keywords: CIP;Capital Projects;Sewer

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Scenic

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polygon · 22 records
Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Cartography and spatial analysis; inclusion in the REDAPPL redistricting system and the TREAD mapping and reporting system of the Texas Legislative Council.

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Schools PCT4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

Created to support the Texas Education Agency's online School District Locator app.

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SDOH P4

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon
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Second Ward

Rice University ArcGIS Online · layer · point

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Senior Centers

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point

This dataset contains all the facilities reported by each Precinct for publication of public Precinct/County maps. EDIT: MAY 23, 2014

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

PCS Service Area RAAM LMI

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Service Line

City of Houston GIS (ArcGIS Hubs) · layer · polyline · 100,607 records
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Service points

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · point
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ServiceRequests

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

The purpose for the ZIP code layer is to make a more accurate ZIP code polygon layer for 13-county H-GAC region in the Houston area. It is in ESRI shapefile format.

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ServiceRequests2025

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

The purpose for the ZIP code layer is to make a more accurate ZIP code polygon layer for 13-county H-GAC region in the Houston area. It is in ESRI shapefile format.

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Servos Union

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Union of Harris County TX commissioner pcts, constable pcts, maintenance camps, cities from HCAD, and parks

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Servos Union2

Harris County ArcGIS Online · layer · polygon

Harris County Parks. To be distributed to county agencies for public display, cartographic use, general GIS purposes. Data updated and maintained by Harris County Engineering as reported by Precinct contacts upon request. Please contact ashli.prejean@eng.hctx.net with any conc…

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SETRAC Hosp 7 Day

Harris County ArcGIS Online · table

The following data include COVID -19 Hospital rates with Harris County

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SFA 2

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

Feature layer generated from running the Merge Layers analysis tool.

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SFA Contractors

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

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

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