Meadow Valley Wash Drop Structure

Lincoln County, Nevada

Maggie Orr

& Luke Opperman

Basin: Lower Colorado-Lake Mead HUC_8 Subbasin 15,010,013ACRES 162,348SQ_MILES 2,537

Meadow Valley Wash, a tributary of the Colorado River, flows 130 miles from its sources in the Wilson Creek Range north of Ursine, Nevada to its junction with the Muddy River near Glendale, Nevada. On its way it flows through or near five communities, six valleys with active agriculture, four Nevada state parks, and shares a desert canyon with an international shipping route, the Union Pacific Railroad line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles.

Meadows above Mathews Drop Structure

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