Error combining dfs with columns of different formats

[ehinman]

Describe the bug
I am trying to download all monitoring locations in Washington and I'm running into an error when the function tries to combine multiple dfs into one.

To Reproduce

library(dataRetrieval)
wa_sites <- read_waterdata_monitoring_location(state_name = "Washington")

Expected behavior
Returns a single df

Screenshots

Requesting:
https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/monitoring-locations/items?f=json&lang=en-US&state_name=Washington&limit=50000
Remaining requests this hour:996 s
Remaining requests this hour:995 s
Error in `vctrs::list_unchop()`:
! Can't combine `x[[1]]$drainage_area` <double> and `x[[2]]$drainage_area` <character>.
Run `rlang::last_trace()` to see where the error occurred.

Session Info
Please include your session info:

sessionInfo()
#OR preferred:
devtools::session_info()
─ Session info ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 setting  value
 version  R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31)
 os       macOS Sequoia 15.7.3
 system   aarch64, darwin20
 ui       RStudio
 language (EN)
 collate  en_US.UTF-8
 ctype    en_US.UTF-8
 tz       America/Chicago
 date     2026-02-13
 rstudio  2026.01.0+392 Apple Blossom (desktop)
 pandoc   3.6.3 @ /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/aarch64/ (via rmarkdown)
 quarto   1.8.25 @ /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/quarto

Additional context
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[ldecicco-USGS]

Fixed in develop.