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AMARGOSA RIVER

RIVER LEVELS
April 29, 2025


Total streamflow across the Amargosa River was last observed at 2 cfs, and is expected to yield approximately 5 acre-ft of water today; about 99% of normal. Average streamflow for this time of year is 2 cfs, with recent peaks last observed on 2024-02-09 when daily discharge volume was observed at 2,530 cfs.

Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the Amargosa Rv Abv China Ranch Wash Nr Tecopa reporting a streamflow rate of 1.79 cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Amargosa River, with a gauge stage of 27.08 ft at this location. This river is monitored from 2 different streamgauging stations along the Amargosa River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 1,317 ft, the Amargosa River At Tecopa.

Last Updated 2025-04-29
Discharge Volume 5 ACRE-FT
Streamflow 2.28 cfs
+0.08 cfs (+3.64%)
Percent of Normal 99.42%
Maximum 2,530.0 cfs
2024-02-09
Seasonal Avg 2 cfs
       
River Streamflow Levels
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Seasonal Discharge Comparison
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Maximum Streamflow Discharge
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Streamflow Elevation Profile
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The Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, 185 miles (298 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, into the Mojave Desert, and finally into Death Valley where it disappears into the ground aquifer. Except for a small portion of its route in the Amargosa Canyon in California and a small portion at Beatty, Nevada, the river flows above ground only after a rare rainstorm washes the region. A 26-mile (42 km) stretch of the river between Shoshone and Dumont Dunes is protected as a National Wild and Scenic River. At the south end of Tecopa Valley the Amargosa River Natural Area protects the habitat.