USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09416000 Muddy River Near Moapa, NV
LOCATION - Lat 36°42'40", long 114°41'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.15, T.14 S., R.65 E., Clark County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 15010012, on left bank, 0.1 mi upstream from Battleship Wash, 0.8 mi downstream from Home Ranch, 5 mi northwest of Moapa, 9.5 mi upstream from Meadow Valley Wash, and 26 mi upstream from Lake Mead.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,944 mi² of which 2,950 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1243: 1914 (M). WSP 1343: 1950 (M). WSP 1733: Drainage area. Drainage area revised on Mar 26, 2021. Original drainage area was 3,820 mi² of which 3,780 mi² probably was noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Jul. 1913 to Sep. 1915, Apr. 1916 to Sep. 1918, Jun. 1928 to Oct. 1931 (monthly discharge only), Apr. to Jul. 1932 (monthly discharge only), Oct. 1944 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and Cipolletti weir. Elevation of gage is 1,710 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from river-profile map. Oct. 21, 1944 to Sep. 30, 1948, water-stage recorder at datum 1.08 ft higher; Oct. 1, 1948 to April 28, 2009, water-stage recorder at datum 1.02 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,760 ft³/s, Aug. 16, 1990, gage height, 13.33 ft, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; maximum gage height, 14.26 ft, Sep. 27, 2014, (backwater from heavy channel vegetation); minimum daily, 19 ft³/s, Oct. 10, 1997, Oct. 6, 2003.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Recording tipping bucket since Dec. 1989.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 2.68 inches, Sep. 08, 2014.