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nhdR

Tools for querying, downloading, and networking both the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NHDPlus datasets.

Installation

CRAN policy is that no package can write to a persistent location by default. As a result, nhdR writes all data to a temporary location unless a temporary = FALSE argument is passed to the nhd_plus_get/nhd_get functions. Alternatively, nhdR will automatically write data to a persistent location if the nhdR_path environment variable is set. To do this, add the following line to your .Rprofile:

Sys.setenv(nhdR_path = file.path(rappdirs::user_data_dir(appname = "nhdR",
      appauthor = "nhdR")))

Your .Rprofile file can be edited using the usethis::edit_r_profile() function.

Stable version from CRAN

install.packages("nhdR")

or development version from GitHub

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jsta/nhdR")

This package also requires an installation of 7-zip that can be called via the command line using 7z or 7za.exe (check if your machine is good to go with nhdR:::has_7z()).

Usage

Load package

library(nhdR)

NHD Plus

NHD-Plus exports are organized by vector processing unit (vpu). See below for a low resolution vpu map (also nhdR::vpu_shp). A hi-res version can be found here.

# get a vpu export
nhd_plus_get(vpu = 4, "NHDSnapshot")
nhd_plus_get(vpu = 4, "NHDPlusAttributes")
nhd_plus_get(vpu = 4, "NHDPlusCatchment")
# list layers
nhd_plus_list(vpu = 4, "NHDSnapshot")
#>  [1] "NHDArea.dbf"                "NHDAreaEventFC.dbf"        
#>  [3] "NHDAreaEventFC.shp"         "NHDArea.shp"               
#>  [5] "NHDFCode.dbf"               "NHDFlowline.dbf"           
#>  [7] "NHDFlowline.shp"            "NHDFlowline.shp.xml"       
#>  [9] "NHDLine.dbf"                "NHDLineEventFC.dbf"        
#> [11] "NHDLineEventFC.shp"         "NHDLine.shp"               
#> [13] "NHDPoint.dbf"               "NHDPointEventFC.dbf"       
#> [15] "NHDPointEventFC.shp"        "NHDPoint.shp"              
#> [17] "NHDReachCode_Comid.dbf"     "NHDReachCrossReference.dbf"
#> [19] "NHDWaterbody.dbf"           "NHDWaterbody.shp"
nhd_plus_list(vpu = 4, "NHDPlusAttributes")
#>  [1] "CumulativeArea.dbf"              "DivFracMP.dbf"                  
#>  [3] "elevslope.dbf"                   "HeadwaterNodeArea.dbf"          
#>  [5] "MegaDiv.dbf"                     "PlusARPointEvent.dbf"           
#>  [7] "PlusFlowAR.dbf"                  "PlusFlow.dbf"                   
#>  [9] "PlusFlowlineLakeMorphology.dbf"  "PlusFlowlineVAA.dbf"            
#> [11] "PlusWaterbodyLakeMorphology.dbf"
nhd_plus_list(vpu = 4, "NHDPlusCatchment")
#> [1] "Catchment.dbf"         "Catchment.shp"         "featureidgridcode.dbf"
# get layer info
nhd_plus_info(vpu = 4, "NHDSnapshot", "NHDWaterbody")
#>  [1] "Driver: ESRI Shapefile; number of rows: 31830 "     
#>  [2] "Feature type: wkbPolygon with 3 dimensions"         
#>  [3] "Extent: (-93.24332 40.43575) - (-73.61814 48.11344)"
#>  [4] "CRS: +proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs  "         
#>  [5] "LDID: 87 "                                          
#>  [6] "Number of fields: 12 "                              
#>  [7] "         name type length typeName"                 
#>  [8] "1       COMID    0      9  Integer"                 
#>  [9] "2       FDATE    9     10     Date"                 
#> [10] "3  RESOLUTION    4      7   String"                 
#> [11] "4     GNIS_ID    4     10   String"                 
#> [12] "5   GNIS_NAME    4     65   String"                 
#> [13] "6    AREASQKM    2     19     Real"                 
#> [14] "7   ELEVATION    2     19     Real"                 
#> [15] "8   REACHCODE    4     14   String"                 
#> [16] "9       FTYPE    4     24   String"                 
#> [17] "10      FCODE    0      9  Integer"                 
#> [18] "11 SHAPE_LENG    2     19     Real"                 
#> [19] "12 SHAPE_AREA    2     19     Real"
# load layer
dt <- nhd_plus_load(vpu = 4, "NHDSnapshot", "NHDWaterbody")
#> Reading layer `NHDWaterbody' from data source 
#>   `/home/jemma/.local/share/nhdR/NHDPlus/GL_04_NHDSnapshot/NHDWaterbody.shp' 
#>   using driver `ESRI Shapefile'
#> Simple feature collection with 31830 features and 12 fields
#> Geometry type: POLYGON
#> Dimension:     XYZ
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -93.24332 ymin: 40.43575 xmax: -73.61814 ymax: 48.11344
#> z_range:       zmin: 0 zmax: 0
#> Geodetic CRS:  NAD83

NHD

NHD exports are organized by US state.

nhd_get(state = c("DC", "HI"))
nhd_list(state = "DC")
#>  [1] "ExternalCrosswalk"           "NHDFCode"                   
#>  [3] "NHDFeatureToMetadata"        "NHDFlow"                    
#>  [5] "NHDFlowlineVAA"              "NHDMetadata"                
#>  [7] "NHDProcessingParameters"     "NHDReachCodeMaintenance"    
#>  [9] "NHDReachCrossReference"      "NHDSourceCitation"          
#> [11] "NHDStatus"                   "NHDVerticalRelationship"    
#> [13] "NHDPoint"                    "NHDFlowline"                
#> [15] "NHDLine"                     "NHDArea"                    
#> [17] "NHDWaterbody"                "NHDAreaEventFC"             
#> [19] "NHDLineEventFC"              "NHDPointEventFC"            
#> [21] "WBDLine"                     "NonContributingDrainageArea"
#> [23] "NWISBoundary"                "NWISDrainageArea"           
#> [25] "WBDHU14"                     "WBDHU8"                     
#> [27] "WBDHU2"                      "WBDHU4"                     
#> [29] "WBDHU6"                      "WBDHU10"                    
#> [31] "WBDHU12"                     "WBDHU16"                    
#> [33] "HYDRO_NET_Junctions"        
#> attr(,"driver")
#> [1] "OpenFileGDB"
#> attr(,"nlayers")
#> [1] 33
nhd_info(state = "DC", dsn = "NHDWaterbody")
#> Source: "/home/jemma/.local/share/nhdR/NHD_H_District_of_Columbia_State_GDB.gdb", layer: "NHDWaterbody"
#> Driver: OpenFileGDB; number of rows: 8011 
#> Feature type: wkbPolygon with 3 dimensions
#> Extent: (-78.07095 38.52142) - (-76.82219 39.64683)
#> CRS: +proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs 
#> Number of fields: 13 
#>                    name type length typeName
#> 1  Permanent_Identifier    4     40   String
#> 2                 FDate   11      0 DateTime
#> 3            Resolution    0      0  Integer
#> 4               GNIS_ID    4     10   String
#> 5             GNIS_Name    4     65   String
#> 6              AreaSqKm    2      0     Real
#> 7             Elevation    2      0     Real
#> 8             ReachCode    4     14   String
#> 9                 FType    0      0  Integer
#> 10                FCode    0      0  Integer
#> 11     VisibilityFilter    0      0  Integer
#> 12         Shape_Length    2      0     Real
#> 13           Shape_Area    2      0     Real
head(nhd_load(state = "DC", dsn = "NHDWaterbody"))
#> Reading layer `NHDWaterbody' from data source 
#>   `/home/jemma/.local/share/nhdR/NHD_H_District_of_Columbia_State_GDB.gdb' 
#>   using driver `OpenFileGDB'
#> Simple feature collection with 8011 features and 13 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension:     XYZ
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -78.07095 ymin: 38.52142 xmax: -76.82219 ymax: 39.64683
#> z_range:       zmin: 0 zmax: 0
#> Geodetic CRS:  NAD83
#> Reading query `SELECT * from NHDWaterbody LIMIT 1' from data source `/home/jemma/.local/share/nhdR/NHD_H_District_of_Columbia_State_GDB.gdb' 
#>   using driver `OpenFileGDB'
#> Simple feature collection with 1 feature and 13 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension:     XYZ
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -76.99652 ymin: 38.68957 xmax: -76.99631 ymax: 38.6897
#> z_range:       zmin: 0 zmax: 0
#> Geodetic CRS:  NAD83
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 13 fields
#> Geometry type: POLYGON
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -77.5767 ymin: 38.68957 xmax: -76.99631 ymax: 39.5882
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#>   Permanent_Identifier               FDate Resolution GNIS_ID GNIS_Name
#> 1             46565431 2002-07-21 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#> 2             51767181 2002-08-14 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#> 3             51767223 2002-08-14 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#> 4             51767287 2002-08-14 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#> 5             51767709 2002-08-14 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#> 6             51768273 2002-08-14 18:00:00          2    <NA>      <NA>
#>   AreaSqKm Elevation      ReachCode FType FCode VisibilityFilter Shape_Length
#> 1    0.000        NA 02070010004605   436 43624                0 0.0005402029
#> 2    0.002        NA 02070008004808   390 39004            50000 0.0017289109
#> 3    0.001        NA 02070008004829   390 39004          2000000 0.0013369633
#> 4    0.001        NA 02070008004860   390 39004            24000 0.0011083831
#> 5    0.002        NA 02070008005063   390 39004            50000 0.0016429957
#> 6    0.001        NA 02070008005335   390 39004            24000 0.0012442057
#>     Shape_Area                          Shape
#> 1 1.879174e-08 POLYGON ((-76.99631 38.6896...
#> 2 1.954519e-07 POLYGON ((-77.56946 39.5881...
#> 3 1.239613e-07 POLYGON ((-77.56954 39.5567...
#> 4 8.130533e-08 POLYGON ((-77.57658 39.5250...
#> 5 1.745505e-07 POLYGON ((-77.46919 39.3298...
#> 6 8.126193e-08 POLYGON ((-77.2087 39.18799...

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install.packages('nhdR')

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0.6.1

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Maintainer

Jemma Stachelek

Last Published

August 12th, 2023

Functions in nhdR (0.6.1)

nhd_get

Download and cache NHD data by state
nhd_plus_list

List available locally cached NHDplus layers per state
nhd_list

List available locally cached NHD layers per state
nhdR-package

R interface to the National Hydrography Dataset
nhd_info

Return NHD layer metadata and field listing
nhd_plus_get

Download and cache NHDplus data by vector processing unit
nhd_dl_state

nhd_dl_state
nhd_load

Load NHD layers into current session
nhd_plus_info

Return NHDplus layer metadata and field listing
nhd_plus_load

Load NHDplus layers into current session
tip_reaches

Return tip reaches from a network
nhd_plus_query

Select NHDplus features via polygon or circular buffer of coordinate pair
terminal_reaches

Return terminal reaches from collection intersecting lake
toUTM

Re-project to appropriate UTM zone
sunapee

List of simple features lake polygons and flowlines within a buffer around Lake Sunapee.
sunapee_network

Upstream flowlines connected to Lake Sunapee.
vpu_shp

Low-res simple features data frame of the NHDPlus vector processing units
select_point_overlay

Select features clipped by a point buffer around a point
select_poly_overlay

Select features clipped by a polygon
nhd_query

Select NHD features clipped by a circular buffer a coordinate pair
leaf_reaches

Return leaf reaches from a network or query intersecting lake
mendota

List of simple features lake polygons and flowlines within a buffer around Lake Mendota.
great_lakes

Data and spatial polygons of the Great Lakes
find_vpu

Find VPU
bbox2poly

Convert a bounding box to polygon
find_state

find_state
extract_network

Return nhd plus stream network upstream of a waterbody
mendota_network

Upstream flowlines connected to Lake Mendota.
gull_flow

Flowlines within a buffer around Gull Lake Michigan including flow information.
gull

List of simple features lake polygons and flowlines within a buffer around Gull Lake Michigan.