Package index • fireR

MTBS Fire Data

Download MTBS (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity) fire data archives (perimeter polygons or occurrence points) and read perimeter records as spatial objects with optional year and incident-type filtering.

get_mtbs(): Download MTBS perimeter or occurrence data
read_mtbs(): Read MTBS fire perimeter data

NIFC Wildfire Data

Download NIFC (National Interagency Fire Center) wildfire perimeters and Fire Occurrence Database (FOD) datasets from figshare.

get_nifc(): Download and unzip NIFC wildfire data
get_fod(): Download and unzip USFS Fire Occurrence Database (FOD)

USFS Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)

Download the USFS Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) dataset (~4.65 GB) from the USFS public Box archive. This dataset delineates areas where structures and human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. Warning: the download is large and slow; run in a background session.

get_wui(): Download and unzip USFS Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) data

SE FireMap

Download Southeast FireMap Annual Burn Severity Mosaic ZIP archives for one or more years (2000-2022), covering 78 ARD Landsat tiles across the southeastern United States.

get_sefire(): Download Southeast FireMap Datasets

Ecoregion Boundaries

Load CEC North America ecoregion boundaries at Levels 1-3 and US EPA ecoregion boundaries at Levels 3-4 as sf or terra SpatVector objects.

get_nal1eco(): Download and load North America Level 1 Ecoregions
get_nal2eco(): Download and load North America Level 2 Ecoregions
get_nal3eco(): Download and load North America Level 3 Ecoregions
get_usl3eco(): Download and load US Level 3 Ecoregions
get_usl4eco(): Download and load US Level 4 Ecoregions

Package

Package-level documentation and overview.

fireR fireR-package: fireR: Fast Access to MTBS, SE FireMap, and Ecoregion Data