Is dataRetrieval safe to use?

dataRetrieval has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.7.24). DepScope rates its health at 58/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of dataRetrieval?

The latest version of dataRetrieval is 2.7.24, released 2026-03-31.

Does dataRetrieval have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of dataRetrieval.

Is dataRetrieval deprecated?

No, dataRetrieval is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.7.24 (2026-03-31).

What are alternatives to dataRetrieval?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for dataRetrieval at this time.

What license does dataRetrieval use?

dataRetrieval is licensed under CC0.

dataRetrieval

cranv2.7.24

Retrieval Functions for USGS and EPA Hydrology and Water Quality Data. Collection of functions to help retrieve U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency water quality and hydrology data from web services.

License CC0permissive0 versions1 maintainers12 deps1,677 weekly dl

https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=dataRetrieval

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 58/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (12)

curl lubridate stats utils xml2 readr jsonlite httr2 whisker sf data.table rlang

API access

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First published · 2026-03-31 15:50:31

Last updated · 2026-03-31T13:40:10+00:00