Download an area water shapefile into R
From the US Census Bureau: "The area hydrography shapefile contains the geometry and attributes of both perennial and intermittent area hydrography features, including ponds, lakes, oceans, swamps, glaciers, and the area covered by large streams represented as double-line drainage."
area_water(state, county, year = NULL, ...)
state |
The two-digit FIPS code of the state of the county you'd like to download the water features for. Can also be state name or abbreviation (case-insensitive). |
county |
The three-digit FIPS code of the county you'd like the water features for. Can also be a county name. |
year |
the data year (defaults to 2019). |
... |
arguments to be passed to the underlying 'load_tiger' function, which is not exported.
Options include |
Other water functions:
coastline(),
linear_water()
## Not run:
library(tigris)
dallas_water <- area_water("TX", "Dallas")
plot(dallas_water$geometry)
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