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Source: NEWS.md

fireR 1.1.0

New functions

  • read_nifc(): Read and filter NIFC wildfire perimeters from a local ZIP downloaded with get_nifc(). Supports year filtering via the integer FireYear column, and returns sf, terra::SpatVector, or data.frame.
  • read_fod(): Read and filter the USFS Fire Occurrence Database (FPA-FOD) from a local ZIP downloaded with get_fod(). Supports year filtering via the integer FIRE_YEAR column (dataset covers 1992–2020), and returns sf, terra::SpatVector, or data.frame.

fireR 1.0.0

Initial stable release

  • get_mtbs(): Download MTBS perimeter or occurrence ZIP archives from USGS.
  • read_mtbs(): Read and filter MTBS fire perimeter records as sf or terra::SpatVector objects, with optional year and incident-type filtering via server-side SQL queries.
  • get_sefire(): Download Southeast FireMap Annual Burn Severity Mosaic ZIP archives for one or more years (2000–2022).
  • get_nal1eco(), get_nal2eco(), get_nal3eco(): Load CEC North America ecoregion boundaries at Levels 1–3 as sf or terra::SpatVector objects.
  • get_usl3eco(), get_usl4eco(): Load US EPA ecoregion boundaries at Levels 3–4 (with optional state boundaries) as sf or terra::SpatVector objects.
  • get_wui(): Download the USFS Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) dataset ZIP (~4.65 GB) from the USFS public Box archive. Issues a warning that the download is large and slow, and recommends running in a background session via callr::r_bg().