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Muddy River near Moapa

Highest listed crest 14.26 ftFlood stage 9.5 ft17 crests since 1984

The Muddy River near Moapa crested above flood stage 5 times among the 17 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1984 to 2024. The highest, 14.26 ft on September 27, 2014, was minor flooding, 4.76 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
14.26 ft
September 27, 2014; 3,320 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
9.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
5 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
March 15, 2023
10.67 ft, minor flooding
Location
Clark County
Nevada

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Muddy River near Moapa
Flood stage (minor)9.55Mar 15, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

17 crests from 1984 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Muddy River near Moapa, 1984 to 2024 05101520ft Flood stage 9.5 ft Jul 22, 1984: 9.52 ft, minor flooding; 1,700 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1990: 13.33 ft, minor flooding; 5,760 cubic feet per secondFeb 9, 1993: 8.81 ft, below flood stage; 1,600 cubic feet per secondDec 22, 2010: 3.15 ft, below flood stage; 150 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 2012: 3.10 ft, below flood stage; 147 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 2013: 9.18 ft, below flood stage; 1,720 cubic feet per secondSep 27, 2014: 14.26 ft, minor flooding; 3,320 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2015: 2.73 ft, below flood stage; 112 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 2016: 11.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,100 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 2017: 7.68 ft, below flood stage; 953 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 2018: 2.52 ft, below flood stage; 92 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 2019: 2.43 ft, below flood stage; 84 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2020: 3.25 ft, below flood stage; 164 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 2021: 2.30 ft, below flood stage; 71 cubic feet per secondSep 14, 2022: 2.98 ft, below flood stage; 140 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 2023: 10.67 ft, minor flooding; 1,280 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 2024: 1.90 ft, below flood stage; 51 cubic feet per second Highest, 14.26 ft, Sep 27, 2014 1990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Muddy River near Moapa 1980s: 1 1990s: 1 2000s: 0 2010s: 2 2 2020s: 1 1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 12.35 ft on Sep 7, 1967; 13.64 ft on Aug 13, 1979.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Muddy River near Moapa
1Sep 27, 201414.26+4.76Minor3,320
2Aug 16, 199013.33+3.83Minor5,760
3Apr 9, 201611.34+1.84Minor2,100
4Mar 15, 202310.67+1.17Minor1,280
5Jul 22, 19849.52+0.02Minor1,700
6Sep 1, 20139.18−0.32Below flood stage1,720
7Feb 9, 19938.81−0.69Below flood stage1,600
8Jul 25, 20177.68−1.82Below flood stage953
9Mar 13, 20203.25−6.25Below flood stage164
10Dec 22, 20103.15−6.35Below flood stage150
11Sep 11, 20123.10−6.40Below flood stage147
12Sep 14, 20222.98−6.52Below flood stage140
13May 8, 20152.73−6.77Below flood stage112
14Apr 19, 20182.52−6.98Below flood stage92
15Apr 29, 20192.43−7.07Below flood stage84
16Jul 13, 20212.30−7.20Below flood stage71
17May 4, 20241.90−7.60Below flood stage51

Gauges on the Muddy River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Muddy River
Moapa this gaugeNV9.514.26 ft, Sep 27, 20140
GlendaleNV28.045.43 ft, Sep 9, 20144

Other gauges in Clark County

Flood gauges in Clark County
Glendale28.045.43 ft, Sep 9, 20144

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MOAN2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.