City Of Houston Geographic Information System

COHGIS 2007 (Release 13.1)

September 30, 2007*

* New release will be ready on August 2009.

City of Houston 
Planning and Development Department
GIS Services


Disclaimer: COHIGS data is prepared and made available for general reference purposes only and should not be used, or relied upon for specific applications, without independent verification.  The City of Houston neither represents, nor warrants COHGIS data accuracy, or completeness, nor will the City of Houston accept liability of any kind in conjunction with its use.

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The compressed files contain most COHGIS administrative boundaries, locations, and routes. Cadastral/parcel related datasets are not available for download due to their large file sizes. COHGIS parcel layer does not carry ownership information. HCAD parcel shapes and ownership tables can be downloaded from Harris County Appraisal District's Public Data site (http://pdata.hcad.org). If you have any questions, please contact us at cohgis@cityofhouston.net. Thank you.


List of GIS Layers

ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
CDTarget Community Development Target Area 1990 City of Houston Housing & Community Now
CityCouncil City Council District July 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
Counties County Boundaries 1997 U.S. Census Bureau Now
ETJ Houston Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
HistoricalDistricts Historical Districts 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
HoustonCityLimit City Limit Boundary September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
HPDBeats Houston Police Beats 2007 Houston Police Department Now
HPDDistricts Houston Police Districts 2007 Houston Police Department Now
HPDDivision Houston Police Divisions 2007 Houston Police Department Now
HurricaneRiskArea Hurricane Evacuation  Area 1997 City of Houston Office of Emergency Management Now
HurricaneRiskZipcode Hurricane Evacuation Zipcode Area May 2007 City of Houston Office of Emergency Management Now
LambertGrid Lambert Grids 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
ManagementDistrict Management Districts 2007
City of Houston Planning & Development Now
MUD Municipal Utility Districts September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
NTSA Neighborhood To Standard Areas September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
Parks Park Polygons September 2007 City of Houston Parks & Recreation Now
ParkSectors Park Sectors September 2007 City of Houston Parks & Recreation Now
SchoolDistrict School Districts 2007 Texas Education Agency Now
SuperNeighborhood Super Neighborhood Boundaries 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
TIRZ Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones 2006 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
Zipcode U.S. Postal Service Zipcode Boundaries from Census Tiger 2000 2000 U.S. Postal Service / U.S. Census Bureau Now
LOCATIONS
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
CHDO Community Houston Development Organization July 2007 City of Houston Housing & Community Now
CommunityCenters Community Centers 2006 City of Houston Parks & Recreation Now
FireStations Fire Stations July 2007 Houston Fire Department Now
Health Health Related Facilities July 2007 City of Houston Health & Human Services Now
HistoricalPoints Historical Site Locations July 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
Hospital Public & Private Hospitals July 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
HPDStations Houston Police Stations 2006 City of Houston Police Department Now
Library Library Locations July 2007 Houston Public Library Now
ParkLocations Park Locations January 2007 City of Houston Parks & Recreation Now
WICLocations Womans Infants Children (WIC) Program Locations July 2007 City of Houston Health & Human Services Now
WorkSourceLocations Work Source Locations July 2007 www.theworksource.org Now
ROUTES
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
HurricaneEvacuationRoutes Hurricane Evacuation Routes May 2007 City of Houston Office of Emergency Management Now
MajorRoads Major Roads Extracted from STARMap 2006 City of Houston Planning & Development / Houston-Galveston Area Council Now
Railroad Railroads 2005 City of Houston Planning & Development Now
TSARPStreamCap TSARP Stream CAP / Flood Plan 2005 Harris County Flood Control District Now
LARGER-SIZE DATASETS
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
LambertFacetPage Lambert Grids with HCAD Facet and HCAD Page 2007 Harris County Appraisal District Download
Pavement Road Pavement 2005 City of Houston Planning & Development Download
RightOfWay Right of Way Polygons 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Download
Subdivision Subdivision Boundaries September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Download
ANNOTATIONS AND LABELS
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
COHParcelDimensionAnno Parcel Dimension Annotations September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Available Upon Request
COHParcelLotAnno Parcel Lot Annotations September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Available Upon Request
StreetAnnotations Annotations of Major Streets in three scales September 2007 City of Houston Planning & Development Available Upon Request
DATA IN PROGRESS
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
MTFP Houston Major Thoroughfare & Freeway Plan In progress City of Houston Planning & Development 2008
Schools School Locations In progress
Texas Education Agency / Local School Districts November 2007
DATASETS BY OTHER AGENCIES
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
CensusBlock2000 Census 2000 Block polygons 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Now
CensusGroup2000 Census 2000 Blockgroup polygons 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Now
CensusTiger2000 Census 2000 Tiger lines 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Now
CensusTract2000 Census 2000 Tract polygons 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Now
HCAD Parcel Shape  Harris County Appraisal District Parcel Polygons Quarterly Harris County Appraisal District Available at HCAD Public Data Site 
HCAD Real_Acct Tables Harris County Appraisal District Ownership Tables  Quarterly Harris County Appraisal District Available at HCAD Public Data Site 
DISCONTINUED DATASETS
Layer Name Description Last Update Source Availability
Building Buildings No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived
CityPoints City of Houston Address Points No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived
Church Churches No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived
EEC Enhanced Enterprise Corporations Program expired. No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived
TaxAbatementSites Tax Abatement Sites No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived
TaxEnterpriseZone Tax Enterprise Zone Program expired. No longer update. City of Houston Planning & Development Currently Archived