2025-12-20T00:00:00-07:00
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... Strong northwest winds will spread across the northeast plains after sunrise today, with gusts 45 to 65 mph creating critical fire weather conditions despite somewhat marginal humidity values near 20%. Early Friday, westerly downslope winds will bring strong gusts to the Front Range mountains and foothills, with potential for these to spread into wind-favored portions of the adjacent lower elevations. Peak gusts of 70-90 mph are increasing in likelihood for the windiest locations (considerably lower for areas along and east of I-25). With a warmer and drier air mass in place, humidity values in the teens look to extend into much of the foothills, and certainly across the lower elevations. Such conditions may be a longer duration than usual, with potential for low humidity to extend into the evening hours prior to the arrival of a front. The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 215, 216, 241, 243, 245, 246 and 247. * TIMING...From Friday morning through late Friday evening. * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 80 mph in and near the foothills. West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph for areas roughly along and east of I-25. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 to 15%. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Summary
Total streamflow across the
Amargosa River
was last observed at
4
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
9
acre-ft of water today; about 112%
of normal.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
4 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 3.96 cfs.
This is also the highest stage along the Amargosa River, with a gauge stage of
28.16 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.
River Details
| Last Updated | 2025-12-18 |
| Discharge Volume | 9 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
4.38 cfs
-1.05 cfs (-19.34%) |
| Percent of Normal | 111.59% |
| Maximum |
2,530.0 cfs
2024-02-09 |
| Seasonal Avg | 4 cfs |
River Streamflow Levels
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Amargosa River At Tecopa
USGS 10251300 |
0 cfs | 7.38 ft | -64.1 | |||||
|
Amargosa Rv Abv China Ranch Wash Nr Tecopa
USGS 10251330 |
4 cfs | 28.16 ft | -7.04 |
Seasonal Discharge Comparison
Maximum Streamflow Discharge
Streamflow Elevation Profile
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.