Texas Natural Resources Information System

TNRIS
State Government
Industry Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Founded Austin, Texas (1968)
Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States
Key people
Richard Wade, Director
Products Historical and Current Aerial Photography
Current and Historical USGS Printed Maps
GIS Education
Public Domain Data Warehouse
Number of employees
14
Website tnris.org

The Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) is the principal state archive in Texas for natural resources data. TNRIS provides a central access point for Texas Natural Resources data, census data, digital and paper maps, and information about datasets collected by state agencies and other organizations. TNRIS is a division of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).

About TNRIS

TNRIS was established by the Legislature in 1968 as the Texas Water-Oriented Data Bank. In 1972, after four years of growth and diversification, it was renamed the Texas Natural Resources Information System. The mission of TNRIS is to provide a "centralized information system incorporating all Texas natural resource data, socioeconomic data related to natural resources, and indexes related to that data that are collected by state agencies or other entities." (Texas Water Code, 16.021).

The TNRIS offices are located in the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 North Congress Avenue, in Austin, Texas.

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