AtlasTexas
19 open datasets · 0 proprietary feeds

Open datasets behind the maps.

Every Atlas TX map cell traces back to one of these public sources. State and federal — TCEQ, TWDB, EPA, Census, USGS, NOAA, FEMA. No scraped-then-resold data. The wiki at docs/wiki/ documents schemas, gotchas, and lineage in depth.

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✓ Compliance

3 datasets
Compliance

EPA ECHO Enforcement & Compliance History

epa-echo-violations

Federal enforcement and compliance history for permitted facilities, joinable to TCEQ permits via FRS ID or lat/long.

Publisher
U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Use case
Compliance Gap input — pairs with TCEQ permits to surface under-enforced regulated activity.
frs_idfacility_namepermit_idviolation_count_3yr
Compliance

TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database — Pending Cases

tceq-cid-search-one

Pending and recently-closed permit applications across all TCEQ program areas (APO, Air Quality, Water Quality, PWS, IHWHL, MSW, Water Rights, UIC, Water Districts), including SOAH docket cross-reference.

Publisher
TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk
Use case
Active Protest Density input — case metadata and SOAH-referral signal per pending permit.
tceqIdapplicantNamecountyprogramArea
Compliance

TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database — Comments & Hearing Requests

tceq-cid-search-two

Public comments, hearing requests, and public-meeting requests filed against pending TCEQ permit applications.

Publisher
TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk
Use case
Active Protest Density input — counts of community filings per pending permit. PII guardrail: do not surface individual filer names; aggregate counts and named filing orgs only.
tceqIdfilingTypefilerOrganizationfiledAt

⊟ Debt

3 datasets
Debt

Local Government Debt Report (HB 1378) FY 2023

u3nh-2phm

Issuer-level debt report index for local governments with debt report links and entity types.

Publisher
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Use case
Debt-report discovery and county fiscal-capacity expansion path.
entity_typeentity_namefiscal_yearfiscal_year_end
Debt

Debt Outstanding by Local Government

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Bond Review Board debt-outstanding experience for local government issuers with broader debt context and caveats.

Publisher
Texas Bond Review Board
Use case
Future issuer drill-through for municipal debt analysis.
issuerissuer_typedebt_outstanding
Debt

Local Debt Bond Election Results

djkj-euda

Local bond election results for issuers including amount, purpose, proposition, votes, and result.

Publisher
Texas Bond Review Board
Use case
Debt authorization context and civic decision trail.
issuerbond_amountbond_purposeresult

◬ Demographic

2 datasets
Demographic

EPA EJScreen Environmental Justice Indicators

epa-ejscreen-2024

Block-group-level demographic and environmental burden indicators (percentile rankings, state-relative).

Publisher
U.S. EPA
Use case
EJ Burden Overlap input — joins demographic burden percentiles to TCEQ permit-buffer density.
geoidacstotpopminorpctlowincpct
Demographic

Census ACS 5-year (county + block group)

census-acs5-2023-county

American Community Survey 5-year estimates for population, race/ethnicity, income, and age by county and block group.

Publisher
U.S. Census Bureau
Use case
Population denominators and demographic context for DWRS, EJ overlay, and per-capita normalization.
geoidnameB01003_001EB19013_001E

❋ Environment

6 datasets
Environment

TCEQ Water Quality Individual Permits Active/Pending

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Stormwater and wastewater permit records with county and location fields for regulated facilities.

Publisher
Office of Water
Use case
Environmental burden and regulated-facility density by county.
facility_countyauthorization_typeauthorization_statuspermittee_name
Environment

TCEQ Surface Water Quality Segments Viewer

tceq-swq-segments

Segment and reservoir viewer for Texas surface-water quality status, including impairment / use-support context for water bodies.

Publisher
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Use case
Surface-water burden-indicator overlay and probabilistic environmental-burden inference input; impaired segments are a legal-use-support warning, not a direct harm measure.
segmentIdsegmentNameassessmentUnitwaterBodyType
Environment

EPA SDWIS Drinking Water Violations

epa-sdwis-violations

Public Water System health-based and monitoring violations from the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System.

Publisher
U.S. EPA Office of Water
Use case
Drinking Water Risk Score input — per-PWS violation severity, recency, population served.
pwsidviolation_idviolation_codeis_health_based_ind
Environment

TWDB Major Aquifers

twdb-major-aquifers

Statewide major aquifer polygons published by TWDB as GIS downloads.

Publisher
Texas Water Development Board
Use case
Hydrologic context layer for groundwater source regions, aquifer adjacency, and water-risk storytelling.
AQUIFERAQ_NAMEbboxgeometryType
Environment

TWDB Major River Basins

twdb-river-basins

Statewide major river basin polygons published by TWDB as GIS downloads.

Publisher
Texas Water Development Board
Use case
Watershed and basin overlays for county, facility, and Public Water System context.
basin_numbasin_namebboxgeometryType
Environment

TWDB HUC 8 Hydrologic Units

twdb-huc8

Texas hydrologic unit (HUC 8) polygons from the TWDB GIS download catalog.

Publisher
Texas Water Development Board
Use case
Sub-basin hydrology joins and watershed-oriented aggregation for Atlas TX overlays.
HUC_8SUBBASINBASINREGION

$ Fiscal context

2 datasets
Fiscal context

County Returns

ctj5-pypw

County-level tax/remittance returns by tax type, period, and taxpayer count.

Publisher
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Use case
Fiscal activity context for county comparison.
county_nametax_descriptionperiod_yyyytaxpayers
Fiscal context

Sales Tax Allocation, Tax Rates

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Jurisdiction-level sales tax rate changes and effective dates.

Publisher
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Use case
Local tax-rate context and change tracking.
county_namecity_nameold_ratenew_rate

⌬ Infrastructure

2 datasets
Infrastructure

Texas Water Districts

hr84-s96f

Water district registry with county, district type, status, and organization details.

Publisher
Office of Water
Use case
Public-systems and water-governance coverage by county.
countydistrict_typeactivity_statusdistrict_number
Infrastructure

EPA SDWIS Water System Facilities (TX storage)

epa-sdwis-water-system-facilities

Per-PWS facility records (storage tanks, wells, treatment plants, pumps, distribution-system entries) from SDWIS WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY. Atlas committed snapshot is filtered to active storage facilities (FACILITY_TYPE_CODE=ST).

Publisher
U.S. EPA Office of Water
Use case
Surface water-tower / ground-storage / reservoir inventory under each county's PWS list. Joined by pwsid; no lat/lon in this table.
pwsidfacility_idfacility_namestate_facility_id

✦ Social strain

1 dataset
Social strain

CPI Completed Abuse/Neglect Investigations by County and Region FY2016-FY2025

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County-level completed child abuse and neglect investigations across fiscal years.

Publisher
TX DFPS Data and Decision Support
Use case
Social strain and vulnerability trend proxy by county.
fiscal_yearcountyregioncompleted_investigations