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Argus, California

Coordinates: 35°44′50″N 117°23′43″W / 35.74722°N 117.39528°W / 35.74722; -117.39528
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Argus
Argus is located in California
Argus
Argus
Location in California
Argus is located in the United States
Argus
Argus
Argus (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°44′50″N 117°23′43″W / 35.74722°N 117.39528°W / 35.74722; -117.39528[1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Bernardino
Elevation1,650 ft (503 m)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
Area codes442/760
FIPS code06-02616
GNIS feature ID238695

Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is 17 miles (27 km) east-northeast of Ridgecrest.

Argus Cogeneration Plant

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Argus was home to the last coal fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion plant in the state of California, which produced 96 megawatts of power. The plant was shut down due to changing emissions regulations in the state of California.[2][3][4]

Searles Valley census-designated place

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Argus and the communities of Pioneer Point, Trona, and Searles Valley (community) make up the Searles Valley census-designated place.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Argus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Venturi. "Trona ACE, State's Last Coal Fired Electric Plant, Being Decommissioned | SBCSentinel". Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tracking Progress - California's Declining Reliance on Coal" (PDF). California energy Commission.
  4. ^ "Argus Cogeneration Expansion (ACE) - Petition to terminate 20180619". California energy Commission.