Welcome to the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commissions’ (USIBWC) Geographic Information System (GIS) Program page. The USIBWC is in the process of developing a series of GIS-related web pages to provide information along the United States-Mexico border, USIBWC GIS activities, access to border-wide GIS data, and links to the GIS community. The USIBWC GIS will provide support to all users within the Commission and construct maps as requested by personnel. The USIBWC also maintains and develops GIS data sets for agency mapping requirements.

The USIBWC will maintain this web site as a service to our customers using information from various sources. The USIBWC cannot ensure that the information is accurate, current or complete. Neither the information presented nor the maps themselves are official documents. All data and maps are provided “as is” and may contain errors. The maps shown here are for reference and illustration purposes only and are not suitable for site-specific decision-making.

Water quality and quantity data can be viewed and accessed via the Data Internet Map Service and IBWC project maps can be viewed at Project Internet Map Service. Additional data requests can be submitted by contacting the USIBWC GIS Coordinator, Gilbert Anaya at (915) 832-4702. If you cannot fully access the information on this page, please contact the GIS Coordinator who can provide the information in an alternative format.

Current GIS Projects

USIBWC Lidar Project- The USIBWC is in the process of acquiring Lidar data in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in both the United States and Mexico to support hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and support levee analysis within the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project.

Water Accounting- The USIBWC will be adding an interactive map service to the Water Accounting Division webpage to provide the location of gaging stations and other useful information. (link to static map)

Water Quality Monitoring- In addition to streamflow, water quality information is available from the Texas Clean Rivers Program. View the location of monitoring stations or review water quality data from the CRP database.